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Anna Prohaska
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Byrd and English Song

Anna Prohaska soprano; Phantasm

Programme & Song Text
Date
Wed 10 Jan 2024, 7.30pm
Tickets
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Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

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Artists

  • Anna Prohaskasoprano
  • Phantasm
    • Laurence Dreyfustreble viol, director
    • Jonathan Mansontenor viol
    • Emilia Benjamintenor viol
    • Markku Luolajan-Mikkolabass viol

Programme

The Demise of Tallis
  • Thomas Tallis
    c.1505-1585
      • A Solfing Song
        (edited by Laurence Dreyfus)
      • O nata lux de lumine
        (edited by Allen Garvin)
  • William Byrd
    c.1540-1623
      • Te lucis ante terminum
        (edited by Laurence Dreyfus)
  • Thomas Tallis
    c.1505-1585
      • Why fum’th in fight
        (transcribed by Laurence Dreyfus)
  • William Byrd
    c.1540-1623
      • Come woeful Orpheus
        (edited by Laurence Dreyfus)
      • Fantasia a4 No. 1 in D minor
        (edited by George Hunter)
      • Ye sacred muses
        (edited by Fretwork Editions)
Hints of the Erotic
  • William Byrd
    c.1540-1623
      • Susanna fair
        (edited by Ian Gammie)
      • Though Amaryllis dance in green
        (edited by Ian Gammie)
      • In fields abroad
        (edited by Ian Gammie)
      • In Nomine a4 No. 2
        (edited by George Hunter)
      • La virginella
        (edited by Ian Gammie)
  • Carlo Gesualdo
    c.1561-1613
      • Itene, o miei sospiri
        (arranged by Laurence Dreyfus)

Interval

Tears and Joys
  • John Dowland
    1563-1626
      • From silent night, true register of moanes
        (arranged by Laurence Dreyfus)
      • Flow, my tears
        (arranged by Laurence Dreyfus)
      • Shall I strive with words to move
        (arranged by Laurence Dreyfus)
      • My thoughts are wing'd with hopes
        (arranged by Laurence Dreyfus)
      • Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears
        (arranged by William Wigthorpe, arranged by Laurence Dreyfus)
Devotion and Piety
  • William Byrd
    c.1540-1623
      • Miserere
        (edited by Laurence Dreyfus)
      • Lullaby
        (edited by Ian Gammie)
      • Fantasia a3 No. 1 in C
        (edited by George Hunter)
      • O Lord, how vain
        (edited by Fretwork Editions)
Fallen Heroes
  • William Byrd
    c.1540-1623
      • Fair Britain isle
        (edited by Fretwork Editions)
      • Fantasia a3 No. 2 in C
        (edited by George Hunter)
      • Fantasia a3 No. 3 in C
        (edited by George Hunter)
      • My mistress had a little dog
        (edited by Fretwork Editions)

Encore

Overview

As part of its series marking the 400th anniversary of the death of one of England’s greatest composers, the leading German viol consort joins with the acclaimed Austrian soprano for a programme focusing on Byrd’s connections to English song.

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