Lust, longing and unrequited love: CASTALIA Vocal Consort present an exciting debut program of music from the courts of the Italian Renaissance, to the grungy laneways of NYC. From the music of Barbara Strozzi, Carlo Gesualdo and Claudio Monteverdi, to Michael Finnissy, Caroline Shaw and Salvatore Sciarrino, 'Hotheads and Lovers' traces the development of the vocal chamber ensemble from stile antico to the modern day. CASTALIA is joined by special guest Simon Martyn-Ellis for this sublime programme of Italian madrigals, old and new.