Tuesday 3 September 2013

Venetian Dawn




Dawn over Venice, evoked by Monteverdi in his 1590 madrigal Ecco Mormorar L’onde (Now the waves murmur). Next Saturday, 7 September, pianist Mark Hutchinson premieres a piano piece I’ve written with the same name at the Late Music Series, York. It’s part of a concert of contemporary madrigals and they asked me to write something inspired by a traditional madrigal. Monteverdi was thinking of a brilliant sunrise; my piece has a more muted dawn!


Hear Monteverdi’s original  www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rwQhxfthKQ


2 comments:

  1. With all best wishes for the premiere of your new piece, Peter.

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  2. Many thanks Francesca and good luck with the Poetry Bookfair in London where you will be exhibiting on the same day.

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