Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists Presented by Liszt Academy

More than 50 years ago, Sir John Eliot Gardiner founded a choir to perform a Monteverdi composition, and it is this very ensemble that now supplies a bright bouquet of church and secular vocal works by this epochal Baroque composer. One of the most significant conductors of today compiled the programme with the inventive spirit of a composer: there are movements from Monteverdi’s collection published in the final years of his life and also considered as his musical testament, as well as parts from the Madrigal Book No. 8, seen as a classic of early music avant-garde. And when these acoustic wonders delighting both ear and imagination are performed by such fine ensembles as Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, then there is every likelihood that the audience of the Grand Hall is in for an unforgettable experience. To add to the sense of occasion, Gardiner takes to the stage as an honorary professor of the Liszt Academy, his new title hopefully binding him even closer to Hungarian culture.