Program – Musick for a While, Henry & Daniel Purcell

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Setting

Pieter De Praetere – countertenor
Nele Vertommen – oboe/recorder
Evan Buttar – cello/gamba
Beniamino Paganini – harpsichord/recorder

Program

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Musick for a while from Oedipus, Z. 583
Hornpipe from The Old Bachelor, Z. 607
Entry Dance from The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
Rondeau from The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
When Orpheus from Celestial Music did the Gods inspire, Z. 322
Almand, Corant & Hornpipe from harpsichord suite in d, Z. 642
Hornpipe from The Fairy Queen, Z. 629

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I wandered lonely as a cloud from William Wordsworth
Oh Solitude from Comes Amoris, Z. 406
Second act tune: Air from The Fairy Queen, Z. 629

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Triosonata with recorder, discant gamba, & continuo in d from, Z.806, 809 & 796
Adagio, Canzona, Largo, Vivace, Largo, Vivace, Adagio

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Daniel Purcell (ca. 1664 – 1717)
Sound the Trumpet (D) from Wellcome glorious day, H409
Now sooth our joy (d) from Wellcome glorious day, H409

Henry Purcell
Prelude in d minor, Z.773

Daniel Purcell
Sonata seconda for fluto solo in d 

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Daniel Purcell
Aire I, Aire II, Bore, Slow air from The Unhappy Penitent 

Henry Purcell
Her charming strains from Celestial Music did the Gods inspire, Z. 322

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Tobias Hume (ca. 1569-1645)
Tickle me quickly
Touch me lightly 

Henry Purcell
A new Ground in e from Welcome to all pleasures, Z. T682 

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Henry Purcell
Strike the viol, touch the lute from Come ye sons of Art, Z. 323

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Recordings

Henry Purcell, Playlist