{"product_id":"adonia-16th-century-italian-music-to-lament-a-fallen-god","title":"Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough centuries of re-telling the myth of Venus and Adonis, the ritualistic Adonia festival held in ancient Athens has remained a part of the story which fascinated a number of literary figures during the Italian Renaissance. The ritual was both a lamentation of love cruelly stolen by the hands of fate, and a feverish final dance with all of life's short-lived pleasures and desires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe ensemble Phaedrus partakes in an experimental musical staging of the Venus and Adonis myth as transmitted during the Italian Renaissance by setting extracts of Marino's 1623 \u003cem\u003eAdone\u003c\/em\u003e and from Girolamo Parabosco's \u003cem\u003eLa favola d'Adone\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1545, to early \u003cem\u003efrottola \u003c\/em\u003emusic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhaedrus surrounds these newly arranged \u003cem\u003efrottole\u003c\/em\u003e with instrumental music inspired by the tragic life of Adonis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElevating the voice with transverse flute consort and lute, \u003cem\u003eAdonia\u003c\/em\u003e aims to find points of commonality between historical aesthetics and contemporary experiences of love, amorality, and ecstatic bereavement.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Passacaille","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49607987298584,"sku":"5425004841124","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/4057416-2800607.jpg?v=1778805852","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/adonia-16th-century-italian-music-to-lament-a-fallen-god","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}