WALKING IN MONTEVERDI’S FOOTSTEPS

Time: the last week of October 2010. Activity: a cultural study tour to Northern Italy, based in Mantua (where, of course, Monteverdi spent a significant part of his life). Including visits to Cremona (Monteverdi’s birthplace), Bologna, and to Venice (where Monteverdi spent the last thirty years of his life), all these places taking in many significant places of especial interest to devotees of Renaissance and Baroque music. In Venice, for instance, the Basilica di San Marco, the Biblioteca Marciana, the Teatro Fenice, and the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia are all scheduled for a visit; and I hope that we will manage to get into the Piet´ ‘proper’ (seen on some recent BBC2 programmes).

Interested to know more? Then please don’t delay, get in touch with me at mostlymusic <AT> btinternet.com (or rogervalwilkes <AT> btinternet.com), or telephone me on 01565 872650 as soon as you conveniently can, as many of the final arrangements are being made at this time (our 4-star hotel base, also our flights, are already being held). Meanwhile, whether or not you yourself are able to pursue this mouth-watering trip, you would be kind enough to inform any friends or acquaintances to whom our plans might appeal.

Here’s hoping…..

Roger Wilkes

President, North West Early Music Forum
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