Love, Magic & Mischief: Music from the English Baroque Theatre
A Festivals Malta Event, by the ViBE Collective
Synopsis:
Step into the colourful world of the English Baroque theatre, where music brought to life tales of love and longing, magic and mischief, fairies, storms and enchantment.
Featuring music by Matthew Locke and Henry Purcell, Love, Magic & Mischief explores the rich musical world of the seventeenth-century English stage. From the dramatic soundscape of Locke’s The Tempest to the irresistible theatricality of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, Abdelazer and Dido and Aeneas, the programme moves between spirited dances, expressive instrumental writing and some of Purcell’s most captivating vocal music.
At turns playful, dramatic and deeply moving, this is Baroque music with a story to tell — a glimpse into a theatrical world where music, drama and imagination come together.
Programme
Suite from Abdelezar Z570 Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)
Overture – Rondeau – Air – Air
Oft she visits this lov’d mountain from Dido and Anaes Z626
Minuet – Air – Jig – Hornpipe – Air
Lucinda is Bewitching Fair from Abdelezar
Fantasy upon a Ground for 3 violins and cont Z73
Suite from The Tempest Matthew Locke (1621 – 1677)
Introduction – Galliard – Gavot – Saraband – Lilk – Curtain Tune
Suite from The Fairy Queen Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)
First Music, Prelude – Hornpipe – Second Music, Air , Rondeau
If love’s a sweet passion
Second Act tune – Overture: Symphony while the swans come forward
The plaint: O let me weep
Dance for the Fairies – Dance for the Green Men – Chaconne
