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Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club |
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Saturday
26th April 2008 at
6:00 pm
in the Housman Room, University College, Gower Street, WC1
THE FAIRY QUEEN
Concert Performance with baroque instruments
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Prelude: |
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First music |
Hornpipe |
Rondeau |
Overture |
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Act I |
Scene |
A Palace |
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Song of the drunken poet:
Fill up the bowl (2 sopranos and bass, chorus) |
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Act II |
Scene |
A Wood by Moonlight |
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Prelude and song:
Come all ye songsters (tenor) |
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Prelude |
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Trio:
May
the God of Wit inspire (ATB) |
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Echo |
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Chorus:
Sing while we trip it |
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Song:
Night (soprano) See even Night
herself is here |
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Song:
Mystery (mezzo soprano)
I am come to make all fast |
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Song:
Secrecy (alto)
One charming night |
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Song/Chorus:
Sleep (baritone) Hush no more |
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Act III |
Scene |
A Great Wood |
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Prelude |
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Song:
If
love’s a sweet passion
(soprano) |
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Chorus:
I press her hand gently |
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Dialogue:
Coridon and Mopsa (tenor and bass) |
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Prelude and song:
When I have often heard (soprano) |
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Dance for the Haymakers |
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Song:
A thousand thousand ways (alto
and chorus) |
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3rd Act Tune:
Hornpipe |
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Act IV |
Scene |
A |
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Symphony |
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Duet:
Let
the fifes and the clarions (2
altos) |
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Entry of Phoebus |
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Song:
When a cruel long Winter
(tenor) |
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Song:
Thus the ever-grateful Spring
(soprano) |
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Song:
Here’s the Summer sprightly, gay
(alto) |
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Song:
See my many-coloured fields
(tenor) |
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Song:
Now Winter comes slowly (bass) |
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Chorus:
Hail, great Parent |
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Act V |
Scene |
A Wood |
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Prelude |
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Song:
The
plaint (soprano) |
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Song:
Hark! The echoing air (soprano
and chorus) |
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Chaconne |
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Chorus:
They shall be as happy as they’re fair |
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Conductor:
Lyn Parkyns |
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Harpsichord continuo:
Norman MacSween |
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Orchestra |
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Violins |
Alan Selwyn*
(leader), Peter Wall, Simon Hill*, Ken Fudge* |
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Violas |
Jane MacSween, Patricia Round* |
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Cellos |
Elizabeth Nevrkla
(continuo), Deborah Behrman |
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Oboes |
Clare Shanks, Alexander Koshelev* |
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Bassoon |
Quentin Appleton* |
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Recorders |
Michael Crowe, Norman MacSween
(tbc) |
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Timpani |
Andrew Westlake |
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Singers |
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Sopranos |
Evelyn Bercott, Myrtle Lesser, Penny
Manser, Tamara Migrina,
Gillian Noakes, Jo Parton |
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Altos |
Claire Edwards, Livia Gollancz, Norman
Parkyns, Vivien Price,
Jo Rodgers |
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Tenors |
Brian Blandford, Alan Mayall, Alan
Reddish, Benjie del Rosario |
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Basses |
David Banbury, Michael Crowe, John
Dawswell, Christopher Reynolds,
Richard Shaw, Andrew Westlake, Julian Zerfahs |
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* Guest
Organisers:
Lyn & Norman Parkyns
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