From Living Rooms to Stages
Helsinki Chamber Choir and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra perform madrigals. In madrigals, poetry and polyphonic singing are combined.
Photographer: Tuomas Tenkanen
Source: helsinki
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Address:
Suomenlinna church
Suomenlinna (kaup.osa) C43
00190 Helsinki
Contact details:
https://www.helsinginseurakunnat.fi/en/index/suomenlinnankirkko.html.stx
tuomiokirkko.srk@evl.fi
Price:
Normal price 25€, reduced price for pensioners etc. 15€, free admission for under 10 year olds 0-25€ from Holvi webstore (Helsingin kamarikuoro) or at the venue one hour before the concert. More informationMore information:
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Helsinki chamber choir and the Finnish baroque orchestra
Helsinki Chamber Choir and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra perform madrigals. In madrigals, poetry and polyphonic singing are combined.
In madrigal art, poetry and polyphonic singing were combined, and the performance of music and poetry was an essential part of every noble family’s dinner entertainment. As a musical genre, the madrigal began to develop in the early 16th century, and by the end of the century, composers could be counted in the hundreds and songs in the thousands.
The colorful and captivating madrigals of 17th-century composers such as Claudio Monteverdi and Barbara Strozzi explored the highs and lows of love—its humor, joy, passion, and pain—through expressive works for singers and instrumentalists. In these dramatic compositions, just a small step away from opera, the madrigal had come a long way from its origins as music performed in the home.
Monteverdi’s (1567–1643) Lamento della Ninfa (The Nymph’s Lament) is one of his most beloved compositions, as is the evocative Or che’l ciel e la terra. The Venetian Strozzi (1619–1677), in turn, was one of the most renowned female composers of her time, publishing an extensive body of works in the newer, more concertante style.
In addition to Monteverdi and Strozzi, the concert will feature compositions by Salamone Rossi, Luca Marenzio, Maddalena Casulana, and Francesca Caccini.
Suomenlinna Church
10.7.2025
19.00-20.30
Liput 0-25€ from Holvi Shop
