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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 lost: Hear me, O Love, she begged the heavens, – stock still now, rooted to the spot – What happened to that traitor’s vow,‘ Togetherness and trust’?'' I just want him back, But as he was before. If you cannot – then kill me; I cannot bear this agony. No more will I listen to his sighs, Unless we are separated by a thousand seas No! No longer will I martyr myself for this. I am destroying myself because of him, And the worse it is, the more gorged, The more satisfied he seems. If I were to flee from him, Perhaps then he might come begging? That woman’s eyebrows May be arched more perfectly than mine, But sealed within my breast, O Love,Lives a faithfulness still fairer. And that woman’s mouth will never open To give such kisses as I can give! (Hush! Say nothing – you know only too well!) With these cries she cast Her anguish to the heavens. And so it is that in the heart of every lover Burns, side-by-side, love’s flame and ice. #LondonSoundGallery #classicalmusic
