Guest Artists: Emma Kirkby and Jakob Lindberg

Event time: 
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 4:00pm
Event description: 

Emma Kirkby, soprano
Jakob Lindberg, lute

Love Songs, Lute Solos, and Laments: Music from 17th Century Europe

Music of Bacheler, Danyel, D’India, Johnson, Kapsperger, Lawes, Monteverdi, Morley, & Strozzi

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011 | 8 PM
SPRAGUE MEMORIAL HALL


Dame Emma Kirkby, the “queen of early music” (Decca), will perform in New Haven together with renowned lutenist Jakob Lindberg. Kirkby has thrilled audiences around the world for her intensely expressive singing and her pure, bright tone. Enjoy this extraordinary duo in an intimate and beautiful program of 17th-century love songs from Britain and Italy with masterpieces both familiar and rare.