NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY’S JORDAN HALL • TUESDAY, JUNE 10 • 10:30PM
Murder, Mayhem, Melancholy, and Madness
Pacific MusicWorks
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano
Stephen Stubbs, lute, Baroque guitar & Director
Tekla Cunningham, Baroque violin
Maxine Eilander, Baroque harp
David Morris, viola da gamba
Eliza is the fairest Queen
Melancholy
Lachrymae to the Consort
Edward Johnson (fl. 1572–1601)
John Dowland (1563–1626)
From silent night Dowland from A Pilgrim’s Solace, 1612
Harp Consort No. 9 in D major
Paven and Divisions
William Lawes (1602–1645)
The Willow Song English Folk Ballad
Murder and Mayhem
Arm, arm
Robert Johnson (ca. 1583–1633)
So, so the deed is done (to the tune of Fain I would) English Folk Ballad
The Wind and Rain English Folk Ballad, preserved in Appalachia
Madness
Preludio
Nicola Matteis (ca. 1650–1700)
Un poco di maniera Italiana / Aria Ridicola Matteis
Three songs on texts by Robert Herrick Lawes
To the Dews: I burn, I burn
On the Lilies: White though ye be
To the Sycamore: I’m sick of love
Aria amorosa / Ground after the Scotch humour Matteis
Bess of Bedlam Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
O let me weep Purcell
W Italian “Nuovolone” triple harp (after the painting La familia del artista Brera) X by Claus Henry Hüttel, Düren, 2023, property of the Boston Early Music Festival.
The Boston Early Music Festival extends heartfelt thanks to Susan L. Robinson for her leadership support of tonight’s performance by Pacific MusicWorks with Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano