Early Music Ensemble (2021)
Comprised of a baroque string orchestra and additional musicians, the Early Music Ensemble is devoted to the performance and study of music primarily from the 16th through 18th centuries, with attention to period style, performance practices and historical context.
Streamed performance
Even though we are not gathering in person, you can still enjoy this performance from the comfort of your home. Stream this performance Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. MDT right here at cupresents.org.
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Program
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in G Major H.590.5 (BWV 1038); Boismortier: Sonata in D Major, Op., 91 No. 1; C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in G Minor BWV H.542.5 (BWV 1020); J.S. Bach: Sonata in E-flat Major BWV 1031; Guignon: Duo in G Major, Op. 7, No. 6; Purcell: Three Songs
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If music be the food of love,
Sing on till I am fill’d with joy;
For then my list’ning soul you move
To pleasures that can never cloy.
Your eyes, your mien, your tongue declare
That you are music ev’rywhere.
Pleasures invade both eye and ear,
So fierce the transports are, they wound,
And all my senses feasted are,
Tho’ yet the treat is only sound,
Sure I must perish by your charms,
Unless you save me in your arms.
Musick for a while
Shall all your cares beguile:
Wond’ring how your pains were eas’d
And disdaining to be pleas’d
Till Alecto free the dead
From their eternal bands,
Till the snakes drop from her head,
And the whip from out her hands.
An Evening Hymn
Now that the sun hath veil’d his light
And bid the world goodnight;
To the soft bed my body I dispose,
But where shall my soul repose?
Dear, dear God, even in Thy arms,
And can there be any so sweet security!
Then to thy rest, O my soul!
And singing, praise the mercy
That prolongs thy days.
Hallelujah!
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