from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Anthony Rooley directs the Consort of Musicke in a selection from Monteverdi's Sixth Book of Madrigals (1614), with Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb (sopranos), Mary Nichols and Caroline Trevor (contraltos), Andrew King and Paul Agnew (tenors), Simon Grant (bass)
Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna; Zefiro torna; Una donna fra l'altre; Ohime, il bel visa; A Dio, Florida bella; Qui rise, O Tirsi; Misero Alceo; Batto qui pianse; Presso un Hume tranquillo
(Simultaneous broadcast with BBC1 television)