A Sunday programme in the baroque spirit. Orpheus in Albion; we connect with the theme England my England of the Early Music Festival 2015 in Utrecht.
Flemish tenor Reinoud van Mechelen (pictured on the right) will perform together with the Scorpio Collective on September 1, at 17.00 hours in the Geertekerk in Utrecht.
He can be heard together with Scherzi Musicali (see photo).
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
1. O solitude
2. The Plaint: O let me weep
3. In vain the am’rous Flute (duet)
Scherzi Musicali olv. Nicolas Achten, bariton. Reinoud van Mechelen, tenor
(CD Alpha 192 Henry Purcell. How pleasant ‘tis to Love)
Charles Avison (1709- 1770)
4. Uit: Twelve Concertos in seven parts: Concerto nr 5 in d klein
Café Zimmermann
(CD Alpha 907 Charles Avison)
Artist in residence of the Early Music Festival 2015 is Vox Luminis (pictured on the right). Together with La Fenice they will perform King Arthur of Purcell on Septemper 1, but also his Funeral Sentences a few days earlier (August 29).
Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
5. The first dirge Anthem:
– I am the resurrection and the life
– I know that my Redeemer liveth
– We brought nothing into this world
Thomas Weelkes (1576- 1623)
6. Death hath deprived me
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
7. Funeral sentences:
– Man that born of a woman Z.27
– In the midst of life Z.17a
– Thou Knowest, Lord Z.58c
8. O dive custos Z.504
Vox Luminis conducted by Lionel Meunier
(CD Ricercar RIC 332: English Royal Funeral Music)
