OFFER EXPIRED Academy of Ancient Music: Book to hear early Italian baroque music and buy your second ticket for half price

Composing in Venice in the early 1600s, Claudio Monteverdi led a musical revolution which placed a new and astonishing emphasis on the voice, exploring its musical and dramatic possibilities alongside a range of contemporaries; their music is little heard today. Making his debut with the Academy of Ancient Music , director Jonathan Cohen explores this fresh, passionate repertoire with soloists Anna Prohaska, James Gilchrist and Benjamin Hulett. The concert features cantatas by Monteverdi , and his contemporary Cavalli, interspersed with inventive instrumental works, and culminating with Monteverdi's fiery cantata Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, a tragic and moving tale of mistaken identity and thwarted love. To find out more and to download an interview with Jonathan Cohen on the programme as a podcast, visit the Academy of Ancient Music's website . Extra members can buy a second ticket half price when they book to see the concert. Tickets cost £14, £20 and £27. Take up this offer Click here to take up this offer Help with offers, events and competitions •Extra is free to join. You need to be a member of Extra in order to see the redemption pages. To register your email address for the first time, press on the 'Click here ... link above. •Members also need to sign in to theguardian.com at the top left of the screen to be able to take up offers, book tickets or enter competitions.