AMUZ engages three top ensembles for a marathon performance of Monteverdi’s first five madrigal books. Nearly all works will be executed: a rare privilege to hear the evolution throughout the volumes. The finale will be the Lamento d’Arianna from book six, characteristic of Claudio’s later oeuvre.

Claudiana Ensemble, with Roberta Invernizzi and Luca Pianca, will kick off on Friday with book one and two. There follows a nocturne by Peter Kooij and his Sette Voci. They bring music from book three. The marathon of Monteverdi’s madrigals will be continued on Saturday by La Venexiana, conducted by Claudio Cavina. In an evening concert and a nocturne book four, five and six will be performed.

For those who are seriously interested in eating well, Ristorante da Claudia serves on both days a Marathon Menu: a gourmet festival meal.

PROGRAMME

Friday 29 August
06.00 p.m.: Ristorante da Claudio – Menù della Maratona ORDER
7.15 p.m.: Introduction by Ignace Bossuyt
08.00 p.m.: Ensemble Claudiana dir. by Luca Pianca – Libro I & II ORDER
10.15 p.m.: Sette Voci dir. by Peter Kooij –  Libro III ORDER

Zaterdag 30 augustus
06.00 p.m: Ristorante da Claudio – Menù della Maratona ORDER
7.15 p.m.: Introduction by Ignace Bossuyt
08.00 p.m: La Venexiana dir. by Claudio Cavina – Libro IV ORDER
10.15 p.m.: La Venexiana dir. by Claudio Cavina – Libro V & Lamento d’Arianna ORDER

30 August, 2014 20:15 -- AMUZ

A boy and a magpie are hunting for treasures along the river shore. Monteverdi’s music forms the soundtrack for their adventure. In a sparkling world replete with colourful objects to touch, explore and use for sound production, babies and toddlers from 0 to 2 years of age discover music from 400 years ago.

The concerts for our littlest ones during Laus Polyphoniae have become a tradition by now. With Monteverdi Dances AMUZ has found an attractive successor for the popular Concertos para Bebés. The British collective from Spitalfields Music will charm young and old with this exciting and interactive production. The performers are promising musicians from the junior projects of The Sixteen and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. 

Saturday 30 August                           Sunday 31 August
10.30 a.m. ORDER                               10.30 a.m. ORDER
12.00 noon ORDER                              12.00 noon ORDER
16.00 p.m. ORDER                               16.00 p.m. ORDER

31 August, 2014 08:30 -- Het Paleis

The sixth edition of the Cappella Pratensis Summerschool will turn to the city of Mantua, where the young Claudio Monteverdi truly found his voice as a composer. The city also boasted some of the leading musicians of the day, including Wert, Salomone Rossi, Striggio, Viadana, Riccio, … The showcase presents the results of the summerschool for advanced musicians. 

I.c.w. Musica, Impulse Center for Music

31 August, 2014 09:00 -- Elzenveld

A boy and a magpie are hunting for treasures along the river shore. Monteverdi’s music forms the soundtrack for their adventure. In a sparkling world replete with colourful objects to touch, explore and use for sound production, babies and toddlers from 0 to 2 years of age discover music from 400 years ago.

The concerts for our littlest ones during Laus Polyphoniae have become a tradition by now. With Monteverdi Dances AMUZ has found an attractive successor for the popular Concertos para Bebés. The British collective from Spitalfields Music will charm young and old with this exciting and interactive production. The performers are promising musicians from the junior projects of The Sixteen and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. 

Saturday 30 August                           Sunday 31 August
10.30 a.m. ORDER                               10.30 a.m. ORDER
12.00 noon ORDER                              12.00 noon ORDER
16.00 p.m. ORDER                               16.00 p.m. ORDER

31 August, 2014 10:00 -- Het Paleis

A boy and a magpie are hunting for treasures along the river shore. Monteverdi’s music forms the soundtrack for their adventure. In a sparkling world replete with colourful objects to touch, explore and use for sound production, babies and toddlers from 0 to 2 years of age discover music from 400 years ago. 

The concerts for our littlest ones during Laus Polyphoniae have become a tradition by now. With Monteverdi Dances AMUZ has found an attractive successor for the popular Concertos para Bebés. The British collective from Spitalfields Music will charm young and old with this exciting and interactive production. The performers are promising musicians from the junior projects of The Sixteen and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. 

31 August, 2014 10:00 -- hetpaleis

During the Summer School Monteverdi Mantovano advanced singers and players of wind instruments will travel to Mantua in Italy, the city where young Claudio Monteverdi developed into a composer. With influential musicians such as de Wert, Rossi, Striggio, Viadana and Riccio the musical climate in Mantua was fabulous.

Coached by Stratton Bull, Pieter Stas, Marco Mencoboni and Wim Becu, the pupils will perform music of this illustrious group of composers, and of course of Monteverdi himself, for seven days in a row. During the presentation moment you will hear the result of this intensive week.

31 August, 2014 11:00 -- kapel-elzenveld