Ulysses Awakes (after Monteverdi) is a musical composition for solo viola and strings by English composer John Woolrich.
[1] It is a creative transcription of Ulysses's first aria in act 1, scene 7 of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria.
Ulysses has been washed up on the coast of Ithaca, his homeland.
'It's a powerfully effective piece, which manages to be utterly faithful to the spirit of Monteverdi and yet entirely part of Woolrich's musical world, too.
'[2] Ulysses Awakes was commissioned by Dartington International Summer School and first performed there by Clare Finnimore and the Guildhall String Ensemble on August 11, 1989.