Join us for this wonderful opportunity to hear Nicholas R. Jones, from Berkeley, CA, share his recent book, A Poetry Precise and Free: Selected Madrigals of Guarini.  Hundreds of composers set Guarini’s poetry to music, most notably Claudio Monteverdi.  Enjoy a selection of early madrigals plus excerpts from Handel’s gorgeous opera based on Guarini’s play, Il Pastor Fido (The Faithful Shepherd).

PERFORMERS:

Nicholas R. Jones and Jean Hein baroque recorder; Mary Hostetler Hoyt and Erika Cutler, baroque violin; Brittnee Siemon, mezzo-soprano; Hazel Ketchum, lute and soprano; Gail Ann Schroeder, Sue Copeland Jones, and Holly Maurer, viola da gamba; Jerry Curry, harpsichord