Important Information
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Artists
- Fretwork
- Lucy Crowesoprano
- Date
- Thu 07 Oct 2021, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- Archived Event
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- William Byrdc.1540-1623
- Prelude and Ground a5 'The Queen's Goodnight'
- O Lord, how vain
- Two parts in one the fourth above
- O that most rare breast
- Orlando Gibbons1583-1625
- 2 fantasias in 3 parts
- Now each flowery bank of May
- William Byrdc.1540-1623
- My mistress had a little dog
Interval
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- 2 fantasias in 4 parts
- O solitude, my sweetest choice Z406
- Orlando Gibbons1583-1625
- 2 In nomines
- Faire is the rose
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- 2 fantasias in 4 parts
- Oedipus, King of Thebes:
- Music for a while
- The Fairy Queen:
- When I have often heard young maids complaining
Encore
- George Gershwin1898-1937
- Porgy and Bess:
- Summertime
Overview
In this instalment of its ongoing survey, Fretwork is joined by an exceptional soprano, who sings consort songs and madrigals by Byrd and Gibbons, as well as extracts from a dramatic opera and incidental music to a play by Purcell, while the instrumentalists contribute a variety of fantasias and In nomines for viol consort.