Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series on Monteverdi. He explores Monteverdi's musical life beyond St Mark's Basilica and talks to Professor David Bryant about the extraordinary diversity of Venetian music-making in Monteverdi's day. Come dolce hoggi l'auretta Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Poppy Holden (sopranos) Consort Of Musicke Anthony Rooley (director) Fugge, anima mea Concerto Vocale William Christie (harpsichord) Konrad Junghanel (theorbo) Selva morale e spirituale (excerpts) Soloists Cantus Colln Konrad Junghanel (lute and director) Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Concerto Vocale Rene Jacobs (harpsichord and director).