Purcell: Z 629/40. Oh, let me weep! (The Fairy Queen) - Sampson (Müllejans)

Playlist (The Fairy Queen): http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list...

'The Fairy Queen', Z 629

Dramatic opera in five acts

Text: Anonymous, after William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (c.1595)

Music: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

First performance: 2 May 1692, in London (Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden)
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40ab. 'Oh, let me weep!'

Song in D minor for soprano, solo violin and basso continuo

Published in the first book of 'Orpheus Britannicus' (London: Henry Playford, 1698)
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Carolyn Sampson, soprano

Freiburger Barockorchester,
conducted by Petra Müllejans

Concert: 2 December 2009 in Freiburg (Konzerthaus)

Pitch: A = 415 Hz
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The score featured in this video is from 'Orpheus Britannicus', with some editing by myself.

Marc D.