Dido and Aeneas - Purcell, Henry

"Op. Z.626. Composed: 1677-88. Movements: 3 acts: :Overture ;*Act I :1. Solo and Chorus: Shake the Cloud :2. Song: Ah! Belinda :3. Recitative: Grief Increases :4. Chorus: When Monarchs Unite :5. Recitative: Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring :6. Duet and Chorus: Fear No Danger :7. Recitative: See Your Royal Guest :8. Chorus: Cupid Only :9. Recitative: If Not for Mine :10. Air: Persue Thy Conquest :11. Chorus: To the Hills and the Vales :12: The Triumphing Dance ;*Act II :13. Prelude for the Witches :14. Chorus: Harm's Our Delight :15. Recitative: The Queen of Carthage :16. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho! :17. Recitative: Ruin'd Ere the Set of Sun :18. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho! :19. Duet: But, Ere we This Perform :20. Chorus: In Our Deep Vaulted Cell :21. Echo Dance of Furies :22. Ritornelle :23. Song and Chorus: Thanks to These Lonesome Vales :24. Song: Oft She Visits :25. Recitative: Behold, Upon My Bended Spear :26. Song and Chorus: Haste to Town :27. Recitative: Stay, Prince ;*Act III :28. Prelude, Song and Chorus: Come Away, Fellow Sailors :29. The Sailors' Dance :30a. Recitative: See the Flags :30b. Song: Our Next Motion Must Be to Storm :31. Chorus: Destruction's Our Delight :32. The Witches' Dance :33. Recitative: Your Counsel :34. Recitative: But Death, Alas! :35. Chorus: Great Minds :36. Recitative: Thy Hand, Belinda :37. Song: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament) :38. With Drooping Wings"

⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre → Baroque ♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Expert (Grade 7-8)

¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra