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Sunday 12 February RNW - NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE

Early Music - The English Song before Handel

On air: 16 January 2010 14:00 - 13 February 2010 14:00 (Carolyn Sampson & Elizabeth Kenny)

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MILLENNIUM OF MUSIC week 3: Soprano Carolyn Sampson and theorbo soloist Elizabeth Kenny take us from Henry Lawes to Henry Purcell...

 

Anonymus
When Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly
(from: Roxburghe Ballad Collection)

Henry Lawes 1596-1662
On hearing Mary Knight sing
Sweet Echo

Matthew Locke 1621/22-1677
Lucinda, wink or veil those Eyes

Anonymus
Dearest love, I do not go
(from: Elizabeth Rogers Virginal Book)

Henry Purcell 1659-1695
O solitude
 


Robert de Visée ca. 1650 – 1725
Prelude & Passacaille

Henry Purcell
Sefauchi's Farewell

Irish Traditional
Lilly Bolero

Henry Purcell
The fatal hour
They tell us that you mighty powers above
If love’s sweet passion
 


Henry Purcell
Bess of Bedlam
Sweeter than roses
When first Amintas sued for a kiss
The Evening Hymn

 

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