Program: #11-48 Air Date: Nov 21, 2011
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NOTE: All of the music on this program was recorded at La Maison Française at the Embassy of France, in cooperation with the French-American Cultural Foundation. For information on the many activities and concerts at the Maison, you may explore the site:
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Paul Agnew and Music of Purcell--We hear a recent performance from Paul Agnew and members of Les Arts florissants featureing the lush and timeless vocal and instrumental works of Henry Purcell.
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NOTE: All of the music on this program is by Henry Purcell (1569-1695), unless otherwise noted. The performers were Paul Agnew, tenor; Anne-Marie Lasla, gamba; Béatrice Martin, harpsichord; Thomas Dunford, archlute.
- If Music Be the Food of Love
- Corinna is Divinely Fair
- What a Sad Fate is Mine (a Song on a Ground)
- I See, she Flies me ev'rywhere
JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626): Lachrymae Antiquae
- Music for a While
- Not all my Torments Can your Pity Move
GIOVANNI GIROLAMO KAPSBERGER (c.1580-1651): Toccata VI
JOANAMBROSIO DALZA (?1450-after 1508): Pavane/Saltarello/Piva/Calata
- On the Brow of Richmond Hill
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON (1602/06-1669): Prelude in e minor for Bass Viol
- When her Languishing Eyes said "Love"
- Man is for Woman Made
- A Ground in c minor for Hapsichord: Corant, Saraband and Chaconne
- I Loved Fair Celia
- Ah! How Sweet it is to Love
- If Music Be the Food of Love
- Now that the Sun Hath Faded his Light
Composer Info
Henry Purcell (1569-1695), JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626), GIOVANNI GIROLAMO KAPSBERGER (c.1580-1651), JOANAMBROSIO DALZA (1450-after 1508), CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON (1602/06-1669)