Purcell: Z 629/13. One charming night (The Fairy Queen) - Davidson (Scholars)

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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13a. Prelude
for 2 flutes (recorders) and basso continuo

13b. One charming night
for alto, 2 flutes and basso continuo

Published (without the prelude) in 'Some Select Songs as they are Sung in The Fairy Queen' (London: Henry Purcell, 1692)

13c. Prelude (reprise)
for 2 flutes and basso continuo
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Angus Davidson, countertenor

The Scholars Baroque Ensemble
(Artistic coordinator: David van Asch)

Recorded in November 1992

Pitch: A = 415 Hz
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The scores featured in this video are from 'Some Select Songs' (middle section) and from 'The Works of Henry Purcell' (Purcell Society Edition), volume 12 (London: Novello, 1903), with some editing by myself.

Marc D.