Date: January 4, 2019
Categories: Choral, Concerts, Song
Tags: henry purcell, john blow, the kings consort, wigmore hall

Friday 4th January, at 7.30pm, Wigmore Hall, London

Sound the Trumpet

 

Iestyn Davies countertenor
James Hall countertenor
The King’s Consort

 
Iestyn Davies and outstanding young countertenor James Hall explore a programme of duets, including Purcell’s heartfelt elegy to Queen Mary and Blow’s ravishing tribute on the tragic death of Purcell.

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PROGRAMME

Henry Purcell (c.1659-1695)
Come, ye sons of art, away Z323
Sound the trumpet
Hail, bright Cecilia Z328
In vain the am’rous flute
O solitude, my sweetest choice Z406
The Maid’s Last Prayer, or Any Rather than Fail Z601
No, resistance is but vain
Dioclesian Z627
Chaconne – two in one upon a ground
John Blow (1648-1708)
Ah heav’n! what is’t I hear
Henry Purcell
Bonduca, or The British Heroine Z574
Sing, sing ye Druids
Dioclesian Z627
Since from my dear
O dive custos Auriacae domus (Ode on the death of Queen Mary) Z504

Interval

John Blow
Paratum cor meum
Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674)
Lord, I have sinned
Wilt thou forgive that sin (A Hymne to God the Father)
William Williams
Sonata in imitation of birds
John Blow
An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell