Bass Aria: Mirth, Admit me of thy crew
Richard Cohn, baritone
Gail Williams, horn
Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Collection Two, Vol. 1
Mirth, admit me of thy crew!
To listen how the hounds and horn
Cheerly rouse the slumb’ring morn,
From the side of some hoar hill,
Through the high wood echoing shrill.
Tenor Aria: Waft her Angels through the sky
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor
Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Tenor Aria from Jephtha
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Collection Four, Vol. 1
Waft her, angels, through the skies,
Far above yon azure plain,
Glorious there, like you, to rise,
There, like you, forever reign.
Waft her. . . da capo
Mezzo-soprano aria: Iris, Hence Away
Karen Brunssen, Mezzo-soprano as Juno
Aria for mezzo-soprano from Semele
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Collection Five,, Vol. 2
Hence, Iris, hence away,
Far from the realms of day!
O’er Scythian hills to the Maeotian lake
A speedy flight we’ll take!
There Somnus I’ll compel
His downy bed to leave, and silent cell;
With noise and light I will his peace molest,
Nor shall he sink again to pleasing rest,
Till to my vow’d revenge he grants supplies,
And seals with sleep the wakeful dragons’ eyes.
Hence. . . da capo
Abner recitative and aria; Handel’s Athalia
Kevin Langan, bass
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Collection One, Vol. 3
Tenor and chorus: Haste Thee, nymph…
Kurt Hansen, Tenor
L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato
Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Collection Two, Vol. 1
Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee
Jest and youthful jollity,
Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles,
Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles
Such as hang on Hebe’s cheek,
And love to live in dimple sleek,
Sport, that wrinkled care derides,
And laughter, holding both his sides.
Chorus
Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee
Jest, and youthful jollity;
Sport, that wrinkled care derides,
And laughter, holding both his sides.
Chorus: Jealousy!
Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Chorus from Hercules
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra
Collection Three, Vol. 10
Jealousy! Infernal pest,
Tyrant of the human breast!
How from slightest causes bred
Dost thou lift thy hated head!
Trifles. light as floating air.
Strongest proofs to thee appear!
Countertenor Recitative & Aria: “In The Battle, fame pursuing…
Jeffry Gall, Countertenor
David Schrader, Organ
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor
Recitative & Aria from Deborah
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Collection Two, Vol. 11
Great prophetess, my soul’s on fire
To execute the ardours you inspire;
O that the fight were now begun!
My father should not blush to call me son.
In the battle, fame pursuing,
We’ll with slaughter float the plains;
And our tyrants, low in ruin,
Soon shall wear their captives’ chains.
In the battle. . . da capo
Tenor Aria “But sooner Jordan’s stream”
from Saul by George F. Handel
Richard Versalle, tenor
Thomas Wikman Music Director & Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Collection Two, Vol. 8
Jonathan:
But sooner Jordan’s stream, I swear,
Back to his spring shall swiftly roll,
Than I consent to hurt a hair
Of thee, thou darling of my soul.
Tenor Aria: War, he sung, is toil and trouble
Richard Versalle, Tenor
Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Tenor Aria from Alexander’s Feast
Collection Two, Vol. 8
War, he sung, is toil and trouble,
Honour but an empty bubble,
Never ending, still beginning,
Fighting still, and still destroying;
If the world be worth thy winning,
Think, oh think it worth enjoying,
Lovely Thais sits beside thee,
Take the good the Gods provide thee.
War he sung. . . da capo
Abbrucio, avvampo e fremo from Rinaldo
Thomas Wikman – Music Director and Conductor
Ewa Podleś, contralto