Les Arts Florissants – October 4, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents September 28, 2017 2265 LES ARTS FLORISSANTS MONTEVERDI’S MADRIGALS – MANTOVA This programme marks the 450th anniversary of Claudio Monteverdi’s birth. Monteverdi composed over 160 madrigals that render the powerfully emotional content of poetic texts from the early Baroque, charged with joy, tenderness, and torment. Les Arts Florissants, one of the world’s top ensembles, presents excerpts from Madrigal Books, which Monteverdi composed in Mantua, the city where he also perfected the art of polyphony. This concert is presented in collaboration with the Club musical de Québec and will also be presented at the Palais Montcalm in Quebec City on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 8 p.m. Artists PAUL AGNEW, musical direction and tenor SOLOISTS AND MUSICIANS OF LES ARTS FLORISSANTS Programme MONTEVERDI Madrigals excerpt from Books IV, V, and VI For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca 514-285-2000 Bourgie Concert Hall 1339 Sherbrooke Street West H3G 2E8
