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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St.
Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.
—Walter Simmons, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
Two concerts in the Seaport district follow: Italian madrigals by the Franco-Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore (a recording of which has just been released) next Friday, and a 15th-century program next Saturday.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2019
Her two Rossi madrigals on texts by Giovanni Guarini were strong, heartfelt and rapturous in expression.
—Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
The late-Renaissance composer’s final work, a cycle of 21 madrigals, will be staged by director Peter Sellars in his Ravinia debut.
—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
Features madrigals from Books V, VI, VII and VIII, and concertato works from Selva Morale e Spirituale.
—Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 2 Apr. 2018
Works by Hartke and Shostakovich, plus madrigals by Gesualdo and Monteverdi.
—Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 29 Oct. 2017
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.
—Walter Simmons, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
Two concerts in the Seaport district follow: Italian madrigals by the Franco-Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore (a recording of which has just been released) next Friday, and a 15th-century program next Saturday.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2019
Her two Rossi madrigals on texts by Giovanni Guarini were strong, heartfelt and rapturous in expression.
—Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
The late-Renaissance composer’s final work, a cycle of 21 madrigals, will be staged by director Peter Sellars in his Ravinia debut.
—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
Features madrigals from Books V, VI, VII and VIII, and concertato works from Selva Morale e Spirituale.
—Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 2 Apr. 2018
Works by Hartke and Shostakovich, plus madrigals by Gesualdo and Monteverdi.
—Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 29 Oct. 2017
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“Madrigal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madrigal. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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madrigal
noun
mad·ri·gal
ˈmad-ri-gəl 
1
: a short poem common in the Middle Ages
2
a
: a complex vocal piece developed especially in the 16th and 17th centuries
b
: a song usually not accompanied by musical instruments and consisting of two or more voice parts : part-song
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