Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano & Thomas Dunford, lute

• Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano
• Thomas Dunford, lute

Claudio Monteverdi — Selected works
Girolamo Frescobaldi — Selected works
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger — Selected works
Joan Ambrosio Dalza — Selected works
George Frideric Handel — Selected works
Tarquinio Merula — Selected works

There are a thousand ways to write love and a thousand ways to live it. French-Italian mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and renowned lutenist Thomas Dunford remind us of this by bringing together these works dedicated to love by Italian composers of the 17th Century. The dialogue among pieces by Monteverdi, Merula, Kapsberger, and Frescobaldi highlights the richness and complexity of the sentiment. If love songs today have other finery, Lettera amorosa sighs that the motives and messages remain similar.

This performance will be presented in-person at Benjamin Franklin Hall, and online via free livestream at https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/livestreams/.

About Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/

About Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano

https://www.leadesandre.com/

About Thomas Dunford, lute

https://www.thomas-dunford.com/