La Fonte Musica

Ancor che col partire by Cipriano De Rore may be one of the most influential madrigals of all time. The work has been copied, ornamented and parodied, and formed the inspiration for countless other compositions, from masses and madrigals to instrumental settings. Great names such as Lassus, Gabrieli, Vecchi, Cabezon and Rognoni all set this text about loving and losing to music. The renowned La Fonte Musica takes on the challenge of voicing the hypnotic power of this madrigal. The programme is designed as one long, ongoing suite, in which De Rore’s piece and other instrumental and vocal versions merge into one another. A radical quest in which beauty brings forth new beauty and the enchantment never ends.