Highlights include:
Monteverdi’s Madrigals
Dates: Saturday 11, Monday 13, Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 and Friday 17 August 6.00pm
Place: Greyfriars Kirk
Includes harpsichord virtuoso Rinaldo Alessandrini and premier vocal ensemble Concerto Italiano who will be performing madrigals from all eight of Monteverdi’s books including the famous Madrigals of Love and War.
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L’Orfeo
Dates: Saturday 11, Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 August 7.15pm
Place: Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Step back into the seventeenth century, and a ravishing Arcadian paradise, for highly theatrical entertainment in classical style. This gorgeous production uses modern stage technology to recreate the spectacle of the very first operas. Conducted by Jordi Savall.
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Harmony and Humanity
Dates: Monday 20 August – Saturday 1 September 6.00pm
Place: Greyfriars Kirk
Please note: No performances Saturday 25 – Monday 27 August
Additional performance Tuesday 21 August 9.00pm
A new series of concerts in the atmospheric surroundings of Greyfriars Kirk. Trace the development of European vocal music through the middle ages and the renaissance, to the time when Monteverdi created L’Orfeo. Includes performances by La Venexiana, Huelgas Ensemble and The Tallis Scholars.
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Bank of Scotland Queens Hall Series
Dates: Saturday 11 August – Saturday 1 September 11.00am
Please note: No Sunday performances
A series of 18 mid-morning concerts performed across three weeks and staged in the intimate surroundings of The Queens Hall, many of which focus on early music repertoire. Highlight performers include Jordi Savall, Mark Padmore, and Walking to Lübeck, Susan Bickley and viol consort Fretwork, Claudio Cavina and La Venexiana, Chiara Banchini and Ensemble 415.
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The Edinburgh International Festival runs from 10 August – 2 September and is one of the most exciting places in the world to experience the arts.
For more information and to book tickets contact:
Hub Tickets + 44 (0)131 473 2000 or visit www.eif.co.uk