A Shakespeare Fantasy

Program: arias, duets, symphonies from operas and masques by H. Purcell

The meeting of Shakespeare's theatre and Purcell's music led to the creation of masterpieces of musical theatre such as The Fairy Queen, Timon of Athens and The Tempest. These 'semi-operas' or 'masques' offer highly original, colourful and baroque worlds. Seemingly heterogeneous works, these great frescoes reserve moments of rare poetry in which all the complexity and richness of Shakespeare's work are clearly apparent. In perfect osmosis with the poet, Purcell composed musical interludes of rare inventiveness that leave listeners with an impression of great freedom.

10.00

Suite en sol
1. Symphony  while the swans come forward, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)
2. Prelude, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)
3. Epithalamium (Juno song), Soprano, bc (The Fairy Queen)
4. Duo "Sure the dull God", Duo (The Fairy Queen)
5. "Turn then thine eyes", Duo (The Fairy Queen)
6. Dance for the Haymakers, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)
7. Monkey's dance, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)
8. Prelude and song "If love's a sweet passion", Soprano (The Fairy Queen)
9. Curtain tune on a ground, Instrumental (Timon of Athens)

Suite en ré
10. Prelude
11. Song "Come all"
12. Prelude for the birds
13. Cupid song
14. Song "Love in their little veins"
15. Duet "Hark ! How the songsters"
16. Chaconne

Suite en la
17. Hornpipe, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)
18. Chinese man song, Alto (The Fairy Queen)
19. Dance of devils, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)
20. Air Ariel "Dry those eyes", Soprano (The Indian Queen)
21. Song Ariel "Full fathom five", Alto (The Tempest)
22. "We the spirits of the air", Duo (The Tempest)
23. A Jig, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)

Suite en do
24. Air for the instruments, Instrumental (The Tempest)
25. Air Secresy, Alto (The Fairy Queen)
26. Dance for the followers of night, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)
27. Song of Night, Soprano (The Fairy Queen)
28. Fairies dance, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)
29. Chaconne for Chineses, Instrumental (The Fairy Queen)

Marina Venant, soprano
Christophe Baska, countertenor

Instrumental ensemble of the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, direction

Du 14 au 20 mars 2011 au Château de Grignan (26)
Label: CHD (distributed by Ligia Digital and Harmonia Mundi)

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