De barokke geest in al zijn muzikale vormen. Op 22 oktober was het de feestdag van de heilige Cecilia, de patrones van de muziek. Daarom is ons programma vandaag geheel gevuld met muziek die aan haar gewijd is.
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 – 1725)
1 Antiphon Cantantibus Organis
2 Antiphon Valerianus
Susanne Rydén en Dominique Labelle, sopraan; Ryland Angel, countertenor; Michael Slattery, tenor; Neal Davis, bariton; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorale olv Nicholas McGegan
(cd: Alessandro Scarlatti – Il Vespero di Santa Cecilia. Avie Records AV 0048, 2005)
William Boyce (1711 – 1779)
3 The charms of harmony display (ca 1738)
– Ouverture
– Chorus The charms of harmony display
– Aria If the hopeless lover’s heart
– Trio Where peace prevails and plenty flows
– Aria In war’s fierce alarms
– Chorus Cecilia sings and strikes the lyre
Patrick Burrowes, jongensstem; William Purefoy, countertenor; Michael George, bas; Choir of New College Oxford, The Hanover Band olv Graham Lea-Cox
(cd: William Boyce – David’s lamentations over Saul & Jonathan. Universal Records 00743625020823, ASV GAU 208, 2000)
Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)
4 Welcome to all the pleasures (Z.339, 1684)
– Symphony
– Welcome to all the pleasures
– Here the deities approve
– While joys celestial
– Then lift up your voices
– Beauty thou scene of love
– In a consort of voices
Aanvulling:
Uit: Hail bright Cecilia! (Z.328, 1692)
5 Symphony
Susan Hamilton, sopraan; Robin Blaze, countertenor; Mark Padmore, tenor; Collegium Vocale Gent olv Philippe Herreweghe
(cd: Henry Purcell – Odes for Saint Cecilia’s Day. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901643, 1998)
Afbeelding in titel: Alessandro Scarlatti
