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Musical treasures from the Italian early Baroque: songs and dances from Milan, Bergamo, Venice and Rome

Featuring the voices and players of the Bate Collective, directed by Jonathan Williams

Bate Collective
28 November 2025 13:15
Magdalen College Chapel

Free entry, no registration required

Bate Collective

Come along and join the Bate Collective for their first concert of the year. This concert forms part of the Faculty of Music's Lunchtime Recital Series, in collaboration with Magdalen College Music Society. 

Programme:

Chiara Cozzolani : 'Domine ad adiuvandum a8' from I Vespri Natalazi (1650)
Tarquinio Merula : 'Ballo detto Gennaro' from Canzoni overo Sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, op. 12 (1637)

Giovanni Antonio Rigatti :  'Nisi Dominus a3' from Messa e salmi (1640)

Giacomo Carissimi : 'Plorate, filii Israel' - the final scene of the oratorio Jephte (ca.1650)

Plus organ works by Merula and dances by Girolamo Frescobaldi and Gasparo Zanetti

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