Luminescence Chamber Singers delve into 500 years of love songs and break-up anthems. From Monteverdi’s monumental “Sestina” and Marenzio’s sensuous “Baci Soavi e Cari”, to music by David Lang, Eric Whitacre, Drew Crawford, and more. Glass Heart explores the fragility of life and love, and the shattering pain of heartbreak.

1 hour no interval

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Programme:

SESTINA: LAGRIME D’AMANTE AL SEPOLCRO DELL’AMATA Claudio Monteverdi (1614)

A CHANTAR M’ER Beatriz, Contessa di Dia (1175)

AH ROBIN, GENTLE ROBIN William Cornysh (1545)

I LIVE IN PAIN David Lang (2011)

WHEN THE HEART IS CUT OR CRACKED OR BROKEN Drew Crawford (2015)

MATONA MIA CARA Orlande de Lassus (1581)

A BOY AND A GIRL Eric Whitacre (2002)

BACI, SOAVI E CARI Luca Marenzio (1591)

KAIPAAVA Trad. Finnish Arr. Essi Wuorela & Jussi Chydenius (1999)

GLITTER IN THE AIR Alecia Moore (P!NK) /Billy Mann (2008), arr. Roland Peelman (2014)

FRAGILE Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (Sting), arr. Luminescence (2024)