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Henry Purcell

Wondrous Machine from Ode on St Cecilia’s Day-Henry Purcell

Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Jan Jarvis, Baritone

Wondrous machine!
To thee the warbling lute, though used to conquest, must be forced to yield, with thee unable to dispute.
Wondrous machine!
To thee the warbling lute, though used to conquest, must be forced to yield, with thee unable to dispute.

Dido & Aeneas

Richard and Judith Mintel, Recording Engineers · Dido and Aeneas

Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Patrice Michaels ~ Belinda
Susan Metzer ~ Dido
Tina Beverly ~ 2nd Woman
Douglas Anderson ~ Aeneas
Karen Brunssen ~ Sorceress
Patricia Mueller ~ 1st Witch
Emily Lodine ~ 2nd Witch & Spirit
Jan Jarvis ~ Sailor

WFMT Broadcast~The Fairy Queen Part One

Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Linda Mabbs, Alicia Purcell, sopranos. Karen Brunssen, mezzo-soprano.
Steven Rickards, countertenor.
Darrell Rowader, Kurt Hansen, William Watson, tenors.
Richard Cohn, Philip Kraus, baritones. Myron Myers, bass.
Collection Two, Vol. 7

Link to Fairy Queen  Concert Program with the text, more credits and program notes.


The Fairy Queen Part One: Location Timings

WFMT Intro

  1. Prelude   5:05
  2. Hornpipe and Rondeau   7:14
  3. Overture  12:04
  4. Duet   13:47
  5. Drunken Poet 16:26
  6. Interlude 22:30
  7. Act II Come all ye Songsters 23:43
  8. Flutes    26:17
  9. Trio: May the God of Wit: Trumpet Echo 27:12
  10. Chorus 30:59
  11. Night 32:45
  12. Mystery 37:05
  13. Secrecy 38:14
  14. Sleep 40:24
  15. Chorus: Hush 42:23
  16. Dance 44:41
  17. If Love’s a Sweet passion 48:10
  18. Symphony of the Swans 50:50
  19. Sop: Let me weep  52:32
  20. Dialogue 59:30
  21. Countertenor, Chorus: A thousand, thousand.. 1:03:30
  22. Closing Hornpipe  1:06:44
  23. WFMT Exit 1:10:05
The Fairy Queen Part Two: Location Timings

WFMT Intro

  1. Symphony Act IV 1:31
  2. Soprano aria & Chorus, Trio Pipes and clarions 8:15
  3. Entry of Phoebus 12:28
  4. Phoebus: A cruel, long winter 13:10
  5. Chorus: Hail! 16:13
  6. Spring 18:38
  7. Summer 21:10
  8. Autumn 22:38
  9. Winter; Chorus: Hail!    25:57
  10. Symphony Act V 30:45
  11. Alto: Hark! 32:19
  12. Soprano: Hark! 34:22
  13. The God of Marriage: 36:53
  14. Hymen obeys 39:33
  15. Trio: Turn, turn 41:21
  16. Trio, chorus: We shall be as happy… 43:34
  17. Hornpipe, orchestral 45:07
  18. Final Chorus 48:24
  19.  WFMT Exit       49:37

Dioclesian ~ Part One: Acts, I, II, III, IV

Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Patrice Michaels, Patricia Mueller ~sopranos
Steven Rickards~ countertenor
Bruce Fowler~ tenor
Jan Jarvis, Richard Cohn, Douglas Anderson ~ baritones
Peter Van de Graaff, Edward Pounds~ bass
Collection Eight, Vol. 6

Link to 1992 Dioclesian Concert Program with the text, more credits and program notes.

Dioclesian ~ Part Two: The Masque

Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Patrice Michaels, Patricia Mueller ~sopranos
Steven Rickards~ countertenor
Bruce Fowler~ tenor
Jan Jarvis, Richard Cohn, Douglas Anderson ~ baritones
Peter Van de Graaff, Edward Pounds~ bass
Collection Eight, Vol. 6

Suite From Abdelazar or The Moor’s Revenge

Suite From Abdelazar by Henry Purcell
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque orchestra
Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
Elliott Golub, Concertmaster
Collection Eight, Vol. 6

 

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