Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa

Helen Charlston and Toby Carr perform Claudio Monteverdi’s ‘Lamento della Ninfa’ with members of The Gesualdo Six as part of London Sound Gallery. Watch the complete concert performance: . The London Sound Gallery online series will be broadcast in stunning 4K on Sundays at 5pm from 25 October to 29 November. Ticket holders will be able to watch on-demand from the date of broadcast until 1 January 2021. The London Sound Gallery festival themes include new beginnings and reconnection: in this spirit, The Gesualdo Six are delighted to be collaborating with each artist as part of their programme. - - - Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Lament of the Nymph) The god Phoebus had still to light The great fires of the dawn When the nymph left her dwelling. Her face a pale temple in its ruins of grief; Her cries – a heart, rending. Hither and thither she went, Stumbling through flowers, Grieving the love she had l