Programmes - Choreographed - A Yuletide Tale
(To create the essence of the show we bring simple props, scenery and lighting)
| Philippa Hyde | soprano |
| Paul Esswood | counter-tenor |
| Jennifer Janse | baroque cello |
| Helen Rogers | harpsichord and chamber organ |
A seasonal tale told by The Musicke Companye: witty stories of Court affairs, exquisite poetry and prose combined with ravishingly lovely music and imagery. Choreographed, the age-old story of Christmas is interwoven with contemporary accounts of feasting, frosts and sumptuous balls in a beguiling evening of drama and revelry.
Poetry, diaries and words by Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn, William Austin and Helen Rogers. Music by Monteverdi, Grandi, Scarlatti, Purcell and Mozart alongside traditional carols.
| Henry Lawes | Anon | |
| Song 'Tis Christmas now' | Carol 'In dulci jubilo' | |
| Anon | Martin Peerson | |
| Carol 'The Boar's Head' | Ayre 'Upon my lap' | |
| Song 'Drive the cold winter away' | ||
| Carol 'Wassail, wassail all over the town' | Anon | |
| Carol 'I sing of a maiden' | Song 'Sweet was the song the Virgin sang' | |
| Duet 'Joseph lieber, Joseph mein' | ||
| Claudio Monteverdi | The Coventry Carol | |
| Song 'Exulta Fillia Sion' | ||
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Domenico Gabrielli | Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je mamon?' | |
| Cello sonata in G major | ||
| Thomas Arne | ||
| Domenico Scarlatti | Song 'Blow, blow thou winter wind' | |
| Duet 'Salve Regina' | ||
| Anon | ||
| Biago Marini | Auld Lang Syne | |
| Song 'Con le stelle' | ||
| Thomas Playford | ||
| Marco da Gagliano | Three dances | |
| Song 'Pastor levate sù' | ||
| Duet 'O Meraviglie Belle' | Henry Purcell | |
| Song 'Let us Dance' | ||
| Alessandro Grandi | ||
| Duet 'Hodie nobis de caelo' | J.S. Bach | |
| Duet 'Wir eilen mit schwachen' | ||
| INTERVAL |
