Folger Consort: Tale of Two Cities

Both Florence and Venice were European power centers in the 16th and 17th centuries. Both also had exciting musical cultures. The award-winning Folger Consort will offer pieces by important composers who worked in each city: Claudio Monteverdi and his colleagues who created at San Marco in Venice, Florentine composer Francesca Caccini, and the infamous Florentine philosopher and diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli, who was also an accomplished poet and musician.