Virginia Warnken Kelsey, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Fuchs, tenor; Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone; Stephen Bard, oboe; Edwin Huizinga and Adriane Post, violin; Sarah Darling, viola; Paul Dwyer, cello; Dan Swenberg, guitar and lute; Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
The First Musick:
Henry Purcell Curtain Tune (from Timon’s of Athens) – Rondeau Minuet, Aire, Jigg (from the Gordion Knot Unty’d)
(1659-1695)
The Tempest:
- Matthew Locke, Curtain Tune
(c.1621-1677) - James Hart, Adieu to the Pleasures and Follies of Love
(1647-1718) - Mathew Locke, Rutick Air
(c.1621-1677) - Henry Purcell, Dear Pretty Youth
(1659-1695)
The Fairy Queen:
- Come all ye Songsters
- Prelude
- One Charming Night
- Hush, no more
- Dance for the Followers of Night
The Second Musick:
Slow Aire (the Distressed Innocence) & Hornpipe on a Ground (The Married Beau)
The Judgments of Paris:
- Daniel Purcell, Mercury’s aria: From Olympus, I come
(1664-1717) - John Eccles, Symphony & Venus’ aria: Nature framed thee sure for loving
(1668-1735) - Daniel Purcell, Paris’ aria: I yield, take the Prize
(1664-1717)
The Third Musick:
Henry Purcell, Rondeau Hornpipe (Abdelazar)
King Arthur:
Henry Purcell, Chaconne: How Happy the Lover
For Love, every Creature is formed by his Nature