Bloomington Early Music Festival

First United Church Bloomington IN 09.10.11

Magnificat has been invited to perform selections from Monteverdi's Eighth Book of Madrigals at the Bloomington Early Music Festival (BLEMF) this September. The concert will be on the evening of September 10 at the First United Church in Bloomington. Monteverdi subtitled his 1638 collection "Madrigals of War and Love" and the texts he chose to set expound the interlocking themes of love and war– the warrior as lover, the lover as warrior and the war between the sexes. A perfect fit for the theme of this year's Festival "Music in War, Music in Peace."

Bloomington Herald-Times Review: Stunning Music, Stunningly Realized