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Songs of Love & War

Academy of Ancient Music

,Milton Court Concert Hall
A painting of a person looking up while someone holds a mirror behind them

Academy of Ancient Music performs Monteverdi’s genre-defying Madrigals of Love and War. Unrequited passion has never sounded sweeter. 

In lovers’ hearts, ice and fire mingle… and when Claudio Monteverdi published his Madrigals of Love and War he opened the floodgates to a new world of European art: magical tales of bold warriors and lovestruck nymphs, told in music that explored uncharted realms of tenderness, fantasy and drama. With Monteverdi, all bets are off.

But at AAM, those are exactly the odds they like. Directed by Laurence Cummings, and with the stellar voices of tenor Ed Lyon and soprano Anna Dennis, tonight they’re playing for the human heart itself, on an evening-long journey into one of music’s wildest, wittiest and most exquisitely beautiful minds. Monteverdi dedicated this music to an Emperor: today, they’re playing it just for you. 

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Programme

  • Claudio Monteverdi  
  •   Sinfonia, a doi violini e una viola da brazzo
  •   Altri canti d'amor
  •   Hor che'l ciel e la terra (prima parte)
  •   Così sol d'una chiara fonte viva (seconda parte)
  •   Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
  •   Amor, amor from Lamento della Ninfa
  •   Ballo: Move al mio bel suon

Performers

  • Anna Dennis   soprano
  • Ed Lyon   tenor
  • Academy of Ancient Music  
  • Laurence Cummings   director & harpsichord

Ticket prices

Standard
From £15 *
* Excludes £4 booking fee

Booking fees

£4 booking fee per online/phone transaction. 

No fee when tickets are booked in person.

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Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

Car and bicycle parking
We have free bicycle spaces and paid car parking spaces available

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