Vocal Solos and Vocal Duets with orchestra
SKU: ST.PE27
Composed by Henry Purcell. Edited by Bruce Wood. Library Volumes. Edited Bruce Wood. First published in 2007.. Pages: 176. Format: Hardback. Dimensions (mm): 303 x 213 x 16. Full score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #PE27. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.PE27).
ISBN 9790220222009.
A collection of five cantatas and three vocal duets, plus In a deep vision's intellectual scene ('The Complaint') for two sopranos, bass and continuo, these nine symphony songs are similar in style and structure to their sacred counterparts, the symphony anthems, and include works to texts by Charles Howe, Abraham Cowley and Anon.
CONTENTS
A Serenading Song (Soft notes, and gently rais'd)
- SB solos, 2 treble recorders, instrumental bass and continuo
Hark, Damon, hark!
- SB solos, 2 violins, 2 treble recorders, instrumental bass and continuo
Hark how the wild musicians sing
- TTB solos, 2 violins, instrumental bass and continuo
How pleasant is this flow'ry plain
- ST solos, 2 treble recorders, instrumental bass and continuo
If ever I more riches did desire
- SSTB solos, 2 violins, instrumental bass and continuo
In a deep vision's intellectual scene (The Complaint)
- SSB solos, instrumental bass and continuo
Oh! what a scene does entertain my sight!
- SB solos, violin, instrumental bass and continuo
See where she sits (Weeping)
- SB solos, 2 violins, instrumental bass and continuo
Soft Notes, and gently rais'd (A Serenading Song)
- SB solos, 2 treble recorders instrumental bass and continuo
The Complaint (In a deep vision's intellectual scene)
- SSB solos, instrumental bass and continuo
Weeping (See where she sits)
- SB solos, 2 violins, instrumental bass and continuo
We reap all the pleasures (incomplete)
- STB solos, 2 treble recorders, instrumental bass and continuo.
