AN EVENING AT THE THEATRE

COMPOSER(s)
MATTHEW LOCKE,
NICOLA MATTEIS,
JOHN PLAYFORD,
TOBIAS HUME

ARTIST(s)
THE THEATER OF MUSIC,
MARION FERMÉ

An Evening at the Theatre is a reconstruction of the musical part of a masque as it might have been performed in a London theatre around 1685. The English masque, inspired in part by the commedia dell'arte and French ballet, was a courtly entertainment combining instrumental music, dance, theatre, song and pantomime; it enjoyed its greatest popularity between 1560 and 1640, during the reigns of Elizabeth I and Charles I. English art music, John Playford’s country dances and Scottish folk music had their place in the same musical event. The antemasque, a ‘Spectacle of Strangeness’, where grotesque costumes and exaggerated gestures by professional actors were used to embody witches, furies and exotic animals, was played in the midst of the performance. Our programme bears the traces of this courtly musical heritage but is set in a later period during which musical styles were in transition.

01. Eerste Carileen 3:09
02. Aria ad imitatione de la trombetta 5:02
03. La Constanza 2:29
04. Arietta 1:02
05. When Daphne from Fair Phoebus Did Flie 5:44
06. Doen Daphne 2:19
07. Wilson’s Love 2:07
08. Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore 1:27
09. Coxe Dance 1:02
10. A Dance 0:40
11. The Fox Hunter 1:37
12. The Merry Blacksmith 1:25
13. O’Neil’s March 1:12
14. A Frolic 1:09
15. Loves Farewell 4:21
16. John Come Kiss Me Now 4:43
17. Giga al genio turchesco 0:44
18. Corrente da orecchie - Corrente da piedi 2:08
19. Il Rossignolo 0:56
20. The Furies 1:30
21. Jigg prestissimo 0:44
22. The Apes at the Temple 1:52
23. Tweede Carileen 2:13
24. Suite in E minor: I. Pavan 3:06
25. Suite in E minor: II. Ayre 0:56
26. Suite in E minor: III. Corant 0:54
27. Suite in E minor: IV. Saraband 0:40
28. Passagio rotto 2:22
29. Sarabanda amorosa 1:30
30. Gavotta con divisione 1:44
31. Scaramuccia 1:03
32. Newcastle 1:32
33. Hockley in the Hole 0:23
34. The Blackthorn Stick 0:32
35. The Country Coll 0:37
36. Newcastle (Fast) 1:30
37. Goddesses 1:09
38. Kemps Jegg 1:01
39. The Fine Companion 0:33
40. Goddesses (Fast) 0:58
41. The Cuckold Come Out of the Amrey / Robertson’s Rant 6:19

RAM2002
Label: Ramée
Barcode
4250128520027