Early Music Vancouver: Lab’rinths – Purcell & His Contemporaries
Free
William Lawes — Selected works
John Jenkins — Selected works
Godfrey Finger — Selected works
John Withy — Selected works
Jonathon Adams, baritone
Mélisande Corriveau, viola da gamba
Eric Milnes, organ & harpsichord
Susie Napper, viola da gamba
The program name ‘Lab’rinths’ evokes the spiritual mystery and human turmoil captured so clearly by Henry Purcell and his contemporaries. Taken from a collection of sacred songs published in 1688 by Henry Playford, Harmonia Sacra, these devotional songs by Purcell can often be interpreted as biblical ‘mad scenes’: they offer the listener a glimpse into his most dramatic and harmonically adventurous explorations of personal loss, confusion, spiritual angst, and delirious ecstasy.
These songs will be sung by baritone Jonathon Adams and accompanied by Mélisande Corriveau on viola da gamba and Eric Milnes on organ and harpsichord. Interpolating these vivid scenes are pieces written for two viols by contemporaries of Purcell. Susie Napper will join Corriveau and Milnes for these instrumental selections.
Works by Henry Purcell, William Lawes, John Jenkins, Godfrey Finger, and John Withy.
Watch the concert online via the EMV Youtube channel from November 10, 2021 at 7:30pm Pacific: https://www.youtube.com/c/EarlyMusicVancouver/videos
Concert will remain online for one year.
Link to donate: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/52057