The Queen's delight
Ballads, country-dances and English grounds of the 17th Century
This programme brings together all the flavour and richness of English music and the instrumental and vocal repertoire that it inspired in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. The rhythmic impulse culminates, sometimes in an ostinato, in the grounds, jigs, contredanses and other dance music that were all the rage, leading to the publication of John Playford’s collection, The English Dancing Master, in 1651.
The Musiciens de Saint-Julien, familiar with the ancient sources from England, Scotland and Ireland, also emphasise the melodic aspect of these dances, which have become airs to be sung – a soprano and a baritone complete a colourful instrumentarium. Finally, the light-heartedness of this type of entertainment is present everywhere in this repertoire, popular because it was practised by everyone at the time, but also because it was famous well beyond the island.
7 artists
Fiona MacGown, mezzo soprano
Enea Sorini, baritone / dulcimer / drums
François Lazarevitch, flutes / small-pipes / direction
violin, viola da gamba, Baroque harp, archiluth / cittern
Production
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien
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Programme
Playford, Purcell, anonymes anglais et écossais
Song : Kathern Loggy
Song : Drive the cold winter away
Bellamira(Salomon Eccles, 1618-1682) – Greensleeves
Sefauchi’sFarewell(H. Purcell, 1659-1695)
Emperor of the Moon – Ormond House
Song : An Italian Ayre (Fuggi, fuggi, fuggi), d’après Henry Lawes (1595-1662)
Scots Rant – Argiers, d’après Jacob van Eyck (1590-1657)
Song : When Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly
John come kiss me now (variations par D. Mell, 1604-1662 & C. Simpson, c. 1605-1669)
Song : The witty Western Lasse, sur l’air de The Beggar Boy
The Lord Monk’s March (H. Purcell) – Hey to the camp
Song : Mr Lane’s Maggot
Song : How vile are the sordid intrigues (Henry Purcell)
Song : The lad of the Town (Playford / Purcell)
Song : Bacchus’s Health, sur l’air de Paul Steeple (et variations de Walsh)
Nobody’s jig – Black and Grey – Where will our Goodman lie – Maiden Lane
Mélodies, pour l’essentiel, compilées dans la vingtaine d’éditions successives du Dancing Master entre 1651 et 1728, de John Playford (1623-1686).
Sauf The lad of the Town (Musick’s Hand-maide – J. Playford, 1689), et Sefauchi’s Farewell (pièce de clavecin publiée par H. Purcell)
Arrangements, adaptations François Lazarevitch
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