Archived Event

Shakespeare and Music
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Georg Kallweit director; Anna Prohaska soprano
Date
Sun 03 Jun 2018, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    • Georg Kallweitdirector
    • Anna Prohaskasoprano

    Programme

    • Henry Purcell
      1659-1695
        • Fantasia upon one note in F Z745
        • Raise, raise the voice Z334
          :
        • Mark how readily each pliant string
    • Henry Purcell
      1659-1695
        • Sonata in Three Parts No. 6 in C major Z795
          :
        • III. Largo
        • Bonduca, or The British Heroine Z574
          :
        • Sing, sing ye Druids
        • Suite from King Arthur

    Interval

    • Henry Purcell
      1659-1695
        • The Gordion Knot Unty’d Z597
          :
        • Suite from The Gordion Knot Unty'd Z597
        • Dioclesian Z627
          :
        • Oh, the sweet delights of love
        • Incidental music for Oedipus, King of Thebes Z583
          :
        • Music for a while
        • Let each gallant heart Z390
    • John Blow
      1649-1708
        • Suite from Venus and Adonis
          :
        • Suite from Venus and Adonis

    Encore

    • Henry Purcell
      1659-1695
        • The Indian Queen Z630
          :
        • They tell us that you mighty powers above

    Overview

    Shakespeare used music to sound alarms, soothe savage breastsand produce magic. Anna Prohaska, praised by BBC MusicMagazine for her ‘tremendous expressive vitality’, joins Berlin’sAkademie für Alte Musik in theatre songs and other piecesinspired by the Bard.

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