Au 17e siècle, à Londres, est créé le Bethlem Royal Hospital, communément appelé Bedlam, premier hôpital psychiatrique du monde occidental — lieu de fantasmes et d’inspiration pour Purcell et ses contemporains. Bertrand Cuiller et les musiciens du Caravansérail nous plongent dans l’univers onirique et extrême du théâtre londonien, des salons et des tavernes. Airs de folie, musiques de scène, danses endiablées et fantaisies composent les cinq tableaux imaginaires de cette restitution, illuminée par la voix d’une guest star de choix : la soprano Rachel Redmond.
The Bethlem Royal Hospital was established in London in the seventeenth century. Commonly known as Bedlam, it was the first psychiatric hospital in the Western world, a place of fantasy and inspiration for Purcell and his contemporaries. Bertrand Cuiller and the musicians of Le Caravansérail plunge us into the dreamlike and extreme world of London theatre, salons and taverns. Crazy arias, stage music, wild dances and fantasies make up the five imaginary tableaux of this rendition, illuminated by the voice of a guest star of choice, soprano Rachel Redmond.
Programme
I
Locke - Curtain Tune, extrait de The Rare Theatrical
Purcell - Ouverture, extrait de The Virtuous Wife
Blow - Lysander I pursue in vain, extrait de Amphion Anglicus
Purcell - Hornpipe, extrait de The Fairy Queen
II
Draghi - Must I ever sigh in vain (1685), extrait de The Theater of Music
Purcell - I see, she flies me, extrait de Aureng-Zebe
Locke - Lilk, extrait de The Rare Theatrical
Purcell - Second music, extrait de The Virtuous Wife
Purcell - O Solitude, extrait de The Theater of Music
III
Purcell - First act tune, extrait de The Virtuous Wife
Purcell - Minuet, extrait de Abdelazer
Purcell - Twas within a furlong of Edinboro town, extrait de The Mock Mariage
Akeroyde - From drinking of Sack by the Pottle, extrait de The Theater of Music
Anonyme - First music / Saraband / Second music, extrait de Royal College of Music, London, MS 1172
Grabu - O Jealousy, extrait de Albion and Albanius
IV
Purcell - Curtain Tune, extrait de The History of Timon of Athens
Eclles - Restless in Though disturb'd in Mind, extrait de She Ventures, and He Wins
Blow - A Ground, extrait de Venus and Adonis
Locke / Gibbons - Fly, my children, extrait de Cupid and Death
Grabu - Ayre for Mercury’s followers, extrait de Albion and Albanius
V
Locke - The Conclusion, a Canon a 4 in 2, extrait de The Tempest
Purcell - Tell me, some pitying angel, the blessed virgin's expostulation
Purcell - Symphony, extrait de King Arthur
Hart - Adieu to the Pleasures and folies of loves, extrait de The Tempest
Program
I
Locke - Curtain Tune, excerpt from The Rare Theatrical
Purcell - Ouverture, excerpt from The Virtuous Wife
Blow - Lysander I pursue in vain, excerpt from Amphion Anglicus
Purcell - Hornpipe, excerpt from The Fairy Queen
II
Draghi - Must I ever sigh in vain (1685), excerpt from The Theater of Music
Purcell - I see, she flies me, excerpt from Aureng-Zebe
Locke - Lilk, excerpt from The Rare Theatrical
Purcell - Second music, excerpt from The Virtuous Wife
Purcell - O Solitude, excerpt from The Theater of Music
III
Purcell - First act tune, excerpt from The Virtuous Wife
Purcell - Minuet, excerpt from Abdelazer
Purcell - Twas within a furlong of Edinboro town, excerpt from The Mock Mariage
Akeroyde - From drinking of Sack by the Pottle, excerpt from The Theater of Music
Anonyme - First music / Saraband / Second music, excerpt from Royal College of Music, London, MS 1172
Grabu - O Jealousy, excerpt from Albion and Albanius
IV
Purcell - Curtain Tune, excerpt from The History of Timon of Athens
Eclles - Restless in Though disturb'd in Mind, excerpt from She Ventures, and He Wins
Blow - A Ground, excerpt from Venus and Adonis
Locke / Gibbons - Fly, my children, excerpt from Cupid and Death
Grabu - Ayre for Mercury’s followers, excerpt from Albion and Albanius
V
Locke - The Conclusion, a Canon a 4 in 2, excerpt from The Tempest
Purcell - Tell me, some pitying angel, the blessed virgin's expostulation
Purcell - Symphony, excerpt from King Arthur
Hart - Adieu to the Pleasures and folies of loves, excerpt from The Tempest
