Melodies of Desire, Despair and Devotion
Royal Academy of Music, Angela Burgess Recital Hall , NW1 5HT , [Venue Details]Inspired by Silvestro Ganassi dal Fontego’s vision of instruments as living voices, this programme explores the art of diminution in 16th-century Venice, where instrumental music was understood as a form of expressive speech.
Vocal music by Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Marchetto Cara, Nicolas Gombert and Adrian Willaert is reimagined through improvised ornamentation, allowing the instruments to breathe, persuade and speak like the human voice.
Anna Stegmann - director
Clara Hubbard, Rowena Jones, and Anna Williams - recorder
Sophia Mücke - violin
Tess Roberts - viol
Theodore Nisbett - viol/tenor
Mihails Pranovičs - harpsichord
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Performer name: Clara Hubbard, Rowena Jones, Anna Williams, Sophia Mücke
Other key names: Tess Roberts, Theodore Nisbett, Mihails Pranovičs
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Melodies of Desire, Despair and Devotion
Friday, 26 Jun 2026 @1.00pm
Royal Academy of Music, Angela Burgess Recital Hall , NW1 5HTMore Information
Inspired by Silvestro Ganassi dal Fontego’s vision of instruments as living voices, this programme explores the art of diminution in 16th-century Venice, where instrumental music was understood as a form of expressive speech.
Vocal music by Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Marchetto Cara, Nicolas Gombert and Adrian Willaert is reimagined through improvised ornamentation, allowing the instruments to breathe, persuade and speak like the human voice.
Anna Stegmann - director
Clara Hubbard, Rowena Jones, and Anna Williams - recorder
Sophia Mücke - violin
Tess Roberts - viol
Theodore Nisbett - viol/tenor
Mihails Pranovičs - harpsichord
FREE ADMISSION
Special: Booking required
Performer name: Clara Hubbard, Rowena Jones, Anna Williams, Sophia Mücke
Other key names: Tess Roberts, Theodore Nisbett, Mihails Pranovičs
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