Artists
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophersdirector
- Date
- Fri 30 Jun 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- Hear my prayer, O Lord Z15
- O solitude, my sweetest choice Z406
- Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry? Z25
- Pavan in G minor Z751
- Plung'd in the confines of despair Z142
- Welcome to all the pleasures (Ode for St Cecilia's Day) Z339
Interval
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust Z16
- From silent shades, and the Elysian groves (Bess of Bedlam) Z370
- Of all the instruments that are Z263
- From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war (Ode for the Wedding of Prince George and Princess Anne 1683) Z325
Encore
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- Welcome, Vicegerent of the mighty King Z340:
- No. 7 Music the food of love
Overview
Harry Christophers directs an ace ensemble of singers and instrumentalists in a concert of masterworks from Restoration London.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, memorably described by one scholar as a ‘noble fragment’, sets the creative benchmark for a programme that includes one of Purcell’s earliest Odes for St Cecilia’s Day, complete with the haunting countertenoraria, ‘Here the deities approve’, and the wonderful verse anthem ‘In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust’.
The Sixteen alsoexplores the intense chromatic harmonies of ‘Plung’d in the confines of despair’, an inspired setting of a psalm paraphraseby the clergyman and religious controversialist, John Patrick.