The second of three tercentenary programmes in which the composer's first published work. the 19 Italian madrigals (1611), is sung in a context of other secular music by his contemporaries in Italy, Germany and England.
BBC NORTHERN MADRIGAL SINGERS Delia Fletcher (soprano) Delyth Jones (soprano)
Rachel Payne (contralto)
David Burrowes (counter-tenor) Peter Bingham (tenor) Gordon Pullin (tenor)
Jolyon Dodgson (bass-baritone) Henry Herford (bass-baritone) director STEPHEN WILKINSON THOMAS WESS (harpsichord)