The Fairy Queen - Purcell, Henry

"Op. Z.629. Duration: 2 hours :1a. First Music: Prelude :1b. First Music: Hornpipe :2a. Second Music: Air :2b. Second Music: Rondeau ;*Act I :3. Overture :4a. Prelude to Come leave the Town :4b. Duet (soprano & bass): Come let us leave the Town :Scene of the Drunken Poet :5a. Solos (sopranos & baritone): Fill up the bowl :5b. About him go :6. First Act Tune (Jig) ;*Act II :7a. Prelude to Come all ye songsters :7b. Solo (alto): Come all ye songsters :7c. Trio (alto, tenor & bass): May the God of Wit inspire :7d. Echo :7e. Chorus: Now join your warbling voices :7f. Solo (soprano) and Chorus: Sing while we trip it :8a. Song (soprano): See, even Night herself is here :8b. Song (bass): I am come to lock all fast :8c. Song (alto): One charming night :8d. Song (bass) and Chorus: Hush, no more, be silent :9. Dance for the Followers of Night :10. Second Act Tune (Air) ;*Act III :11a. Prelude to If love's a sweet passion :11b. Song (soprano): If love's a sweet passion :11c. Chorus: I press her hand gently :12. Overture - Symphony While the Swans Come Forward :13. Dance for the Fairies :14. Dance for the Green Men :15. Song (soprano): Ye gentle spirits of the air :16. Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa (alto & bass): Now the maids and the men are making :17. Song (soprano): When I have often heard :18. Dance for the Haymakers :19. Song (alto) and Chorus: A thousand, thousand ways :20. Third Act Tune (Hornpipe) ;*Act IV :21. Symphony [*** - Canzona - Largo - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro] :22. Solo (soprano) & Chorus: Now the night is chas'd :23. Duet (altos): Let the fifes and the clarions :24. Entry of Phoebus :25a. Song (tenor): When a cruel long winter :25b. Chorus: Hail! Great parent :26. Song (soprano): Thus the ever grateful Spring :27a. Prelude to Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay :27b. Song (alto): Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay :28a. Prelude to See, see my many colour'd fields :28b. Song (tenor): See, see my many colour'd fields :29. Song (bass): Next, Winter comes slowly : repeat 25b/Chorus: Hail! Great parent :30. Fourth Act Tune (Air) ;*Act V :31. Prelude :32. Epithalamium (soprano): Thrice happy lovers :33. Song (soprano): The plaint [O let me weep!] :34. Entry Dance :35. Symphony :36. Song (alto): Thus the gloomy world :37a. Symphony :37b. Solo (soprano) & Chorus: Thus happy and free :38. Song (alto): Yes, Xansi :39. Monkey's Dance :40. Song (soprano): Hark, how all things :41. Song (soprano) & Chorus: Hark! The ech'ing air :42a. Soli and Trio (2 sopranos & bass): Sure the dull God of Marriage :42b. Chorus: Hymen, appear! :43a. Prelude to See, I obey :43b. Solo (bass): See, I obey :43c. Duet (2 sopranos): Turn, turn, then, thine eyes :43d. Solo (bass): My torch indeed :43e. Trio (2 sopranos & bass) & Chorus: They shall be as happy :44. Chaconne - Dance for Chinese Man and Woman ;*Appendix I :45. Chorus: May the God of Wit inspire ;*Appendix II :46. Song (bass): Next, Winter comes slowly ;*Appendix III :47. Entry Dance ;*Appendix IV :48. Air [closely related to music in 44. Chaconne]. Movements: 5 acts:"

⌛ Epoche → Barock ◈ Genre → Barock ♬ Besetzung → Solo

◆ Difficulty

Virtuos (Künstlerische Ausbildung)

¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 1

Instrumente voices, chorus, orchestra

Schlagwörter

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