Lagrime Mie, Barbara Strozzi 4 January 2019
Soprano Mary Bevan and theorbo player Elizabeth Kenny perform Lagrime Mie by the famed Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi. Strozzi was one of the first women to have her music published in her own name.
Filmed at Kings Place for the opening concert of Venus Unwrapped, a year of concerts celebrating music by female composers.
Mary Bevan soprano
Elizabeth Kenny theorbo
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