Performers
Lucinda Cox, Sopran
Penelope Appleyard, Sopran
Leo Duarte, Oboe, Traverso
Jonatan Bougt, Theorbe
Harry Buckoke, Viola da gamba
David Wright, Cembalo
Tim Vaughan, Erzähler
Programme
»Amor's Tellings«
Henry Purcell
Fairest Isle (King Arthur, or The British Worthy Z 628) (1691)
See, even night herself is here (The Fairy-Queen Z 629) (1692)
John Banister
Go thy way, why shouldst thou stay? (The Tempest, or The Enchanted Isle)
Johann Christoph Pepusch
Farewell Venus, welcome pleasure (Venus und Adonis)
Carl Friedrich Abel
3. Satz: Vivace (Suite D-Dur für Viola da Gamba)
Georg Friedrich Händel
There in my myrtle shades (Hercules HWV 60) (1744)
John Eccles
Hither turn thee (The judgement of Paris)
Robert Valentine
Grave, Allegro und Andante (Sonata prima F-Dur für Oboe und Basso continuo)
Owain Park
Midnight poem (2020)
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William Croft
Ground (Suite c-moll für Cembalo solo)
Henry Purcell
O let me ever, ever weep (The Fairy-Queen Z 629) (1689)
If love's a sweet passion (The Fairy-Queen Z 629) (1692)
With drooping wings (Dido and Aeneas Z 626) (Bearbeitung: Fair Oriana) (1689)
Thomas Arne
The glitt'ring sun
The lark
Georg Friedrich Händel
As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato HWV 55) (1740)
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Zugabe:
Henry Purcell
Now that the sun. Evening Hymn Z 193 (1688)
Note
Medienpartner Ö1 Club und Der Standard
Subscription series
Zyklus Resonanzen
Festival
Resonanzen »Die Planeten«
At the center of their »Resonanzen« guest performance, the two singers Penelope Appleyard and Lucinda Cox place Cupid, who entertains us with stories about his beloved mother Venus. His stories reveal parallels between the planet and the goddess Venus. For example, they are both superficially beautiful and seductive, but in reality the atmosphere is inhospitable and dangerous. The two singers explore states of mind and soul in which love is put to the test. The duo touch on realms of dreams, grief and loss, unrequited love, pure ecstasy and sheer madness. What hope do we mere mortals have when we fall into the gravitational field of Venus and Cupid?