Hard rock group Nazareth hit the nail on the head in 1976: Love Hurts. Throughout the history of music, love and all its ups and downs is a prominent theme. And thus also within the madrigal, a genre that originated in 16th-century Italy and is characterised by tremendous expressiveness. Madrigals can move people to tears or lead them to heavenly happiness. The collaboration between the ensembles Delle Donne Consort and Paradise Repaired sheds new light on this emotional repertoire that has remained relatively unknown in our regions. Romantic madrigals from the Venetian school are the starting point of this concert that will beguile, seduce, and charm you under the title O dolce nocte.