Programmes - Choreographed - Fate and Fortune
(To create the essence of the show we bring simple props, scenery and lighting)
| Philippa Hyde | soprano |
| Tim Carleston | counter-tenor, natural trumpet, bugle |
| Jennifer Janse | baroque cello |
| Helen Rogers | harpsichord |
Kings and Queens, Gods, Lovers and Reckless Fools.
The Goddess Fortuna brings her capricious charms to this dramatic, story-telling programme. King Solomon, Orpheus, Cleopatra and Caesar, Casanova and Ophelia. The lone soldier on the battlefield, the Nativity and the Crucifixion, the Sirens luring sailors to their doom.
Inspired music by Handel, Purcell, Montéclair, Duphly, Albinoni, Merula, Telemann and Gagliano. Poetry and words by Homer, Thomas Gray, Henry Vaughan, the philosopher Boethius, The King James Bible, Robert Burns, Handel and Jennifer Janse.
| George Frideric Handel | INTERVAL | |
| Duet ‘Welcome as the Dawn of Day’ | ||
| Anon | ||
| Henry Purcell | The Three Ravens | |
| Song 'By beauteous softness' | Ophelia’s song ‘How should I your true love know?’ | |
| Song 'Let us Dance' | ||
| Henry Purcell | ||
| Marco da Gagliano | Song 'There’s Nothing so Fatal as Woman' | |
| Duet 'O Meraviglie Belle' | ||
| Michel Pignolet de Montéclair | ||
| Tarquinio Merula | Cantata ‘Les Syrènes’ | |
| Canzonetta Spirituale | ||
| Jacques Duphly | ||
| Antonio Maria Bononcini | Two pieces for harpsichord: | |
| Duet ‘Quis est homo qui non fleret?’ | La Forqueray & Medèe | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann | Handel | |
| Cello Sonata in D major | Orfeo’s aria 'Da sorgente rilucente' | |
| Scene from the finale of Act 3 of Giulio Cesare | ||
| Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni | ||
| Cantata for alto: ‘Mi dà pena quando spira’ | ||
| George Frideric Handel | ||
| Duet ‘Tanti strali’ | ||
