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The fairy queen / Henry Purcell

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Purcell, Henry (1659-1695). 230

Edité par Pias - 2023

Fort du succès immense qu'avaient connu Dido & Aeneas et King Arthur, Purcell porta à la scène en 1692 le fameux Songe d'une nuit d'été de Shakespeare sous ce nouveau titre de The Fairy Queen ("La Reine des fées"). Il s'agit en fait d'un "semi-opéra" ou "opéra à dialogues", la musique n'intervenant qu'à l'occasion de scènes particulières. Mais c'est ainsi que ce Songe d'une nuit d'été visité par "l'Orphée anglais" devint quasiment aussi célèbre que la pièce qui lui avait donné naissance : scènes d'amour, scènes surnaturelles et un sens inné de l'humour musical confèrent à cette savoureuse imbrication théâtrale un parfum irrésistible.

First Musick: Prelude. First Musick: Hornpipe. Second Musick: Air. Second Musick: Rondeau. Second Musick: Ouverture. Act I: Duet "Come, let us leave the town". Act I: Scene of the Drunken Poet "Fill up the bowl". Act I: First Act Tune (Jig). Act II: "Come all ye songsters". Act II: Prelude. Act II: Chorus "May the God of Wit inspire" - Echo. Act II: Chorus "Now join your warbling voices all, Sing while we trip it" - Dance of Fairies. Act II: Entrance of Night "See, even Night herself is here". Act II: Entrance of Mystery "I am come to lock all fast". Act II: Entrance of Secrecy "One charming night gives more delight". Act II: Entrance of Sleep "Hush, no more". Act II: Dance for the followers of Night. Act II: Second Act Tune (Air). Act III: "If love's a sweet passion". Act III: Symphony while the swans come forward. Act III: Dance for the Fairies. Act III: Dance for the Green Men. Act III: "Ye gentle spirits of the air". Act III: Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa. Act III: "When I have often heard young maids complaining". Act III: Dance for the Haymakers. Act III: "A thousand, thousand ways". Act III: Third Act Tune (Hornpipe). Act IV: Symphony. Act IV: "Now the night is chased away" - "Let the Fifes and the Clarions". Act IV: Entry of Phoebus. Act IV: "When a cruel long winter" - Chorus "Hail! Great parent of us all". Act IV: Spring "Thus the ever grateful Spring". Act IV: Summer "Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay". Act IV: Autumn "See, see my many colour'd fields". Act IV: Winter "Next Winter comes slowly". Act IV: Fourth Act Tune (Air). Act V: Prelude. Act V: Juno "Thrice happy lovers". Act V: The Plaint "O let me weep!". Act V: Entry Dance. Act V: Symphony. Act V: A Chinese Man "Thus the gloomy world". Act V: Chinese Woman "Thus happy and free". Act V: Chinese Man "Yes, Daphne". Act V: Monkeys' Dance. Act V: "Hark! How all things with one sound rejoice". Act V: "Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings". Act V: "Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear". Act V: Prelude - Hymen "See, I obey". Act V: "Turn then thine eyes". Act V: Hymen "My torch indeed will from such brightness shine". Act V: "They shall be as happy as they are fait". Act V: Chaconne. Act V: "They shall be as happy as they are fait".

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