‎Purcell: The Fairy Queen by The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

First Musick - Prelude

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1:49

First Musick - Hornpipe

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0:54

Second Musick - Air

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0:52

Second Musick - Rondeau

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1:36

Second Musick - Overture

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1:25

Duet: Come, come, come let us leave the town

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2:55

Scene of the drunken Poet: Fill up the bowl

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6:12

First act tune: Jig

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1:13

Solo: Come all ye songsters

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2:03

Prelude - Choral Trio: May the god of Wit inspire

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4:16

Chorus: Now join your warbling voices all

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0:29

Solo & Chorus: Sing while we trip it upon the green

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2:06

Night: See, even Night herself is here

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4:38

Mystery: I am come to lock all fast

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1:11

Secrecy: One charming night gives more delight

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2:25

Sleep & Chorus: Hush, no more, be silent all

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4:03

Dance for the Followers of Night

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1:15

Second Act Tune: Air

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1:15

Solo & Chorus: If love's a sweet passion/I press her hand gently

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4:26

Symphony While the Swans Come Forward

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1:48

Dance for the Fairies

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0:52

Dance for the Green Men

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1:39

Solo: Ye gentle spirits of the air, appear!

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5:24

Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa: Now the maids and the men are making of hay

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3:49

Dance for the Haymakers

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A Nymph : When I have often heard young maids complaining

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3:08

Duet & Chorus: A thousand, thousand ways we'll find

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2:39

Third Act Tune: Hornpipe

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1:00

Symphony (Act 4)

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6:16

An Attendant, Chorus: Now the night is chased away

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2:01

Duet: Let the fifes and the clarions

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1:24

Entry of Phoebus

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0:35

Phoebus: When a cruel long winter

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2:42

Chorus: Hail! Great parent of us all

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1:55

Spring: Thus the ever greatful Spring

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2:18

Summer: Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay

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1:43

Autumn: See my many coloured fields

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2:21

Winter: Next Winter comes slowly

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2:25

Chorus: Hail! Great parent of us all (2)

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1:01

Fourth Act Tune: Air

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1:05

Prelude (Act Five, 1)

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1:09

Juno: Thrice happy lovers

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2:47

The Plaint: O let me ever, ever weep

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7:06

Entry Dance

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1:16

Symphony (Act Five)

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1:15

A Chinese Man: Thus the gloomy world

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4:34

A Chinese Woman, Chorus: Thus happy and free

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1:29

A Chinese Man: Yes, Xansi

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2:17

Monkey's Dance

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A Chinese Woman: Hark! now all things

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2:08

A Chinese Woman & Chorus: Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings

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2:43

Two Chinese Women & Chorus: Sure the dull God of Marriage

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2:33

Prelude (Act Five, 2)

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Hymen & Two Chinese Women: See, see I obey, Two Chinese Women: Turn then thine eyes, Hymen: My torch indeed

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4:11

Two Chinese Women, Hymen: They shall be as happy as they're fair

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1:01

Chaconne - Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman

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2:43

Chorus: They shall be as happy as they're fair

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1:18

Henry Purcell

Composer
Harry Christophers

Conductor
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Orchestra, Ensemble, Choir
Michael Chance

Alto Vocals
Michael George

Bass-Baritone
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

Artist

Purcell: The Fairy Queen

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On This Album

Henry Purcell

Harry Christophers

The Sixteen

Michael Chance

Michael George

The Symphony of Harmony and Invention