Programmes - Choreographed - The Widdow and the Rake
(To create the essence of the show we bring simple props, scenery and lighting)
| Philippa Hyde | soprano |
| Tim Carleston | counter-tenor |
| Daisy Vatalaro | baroque cello |
| Helen Rogers | harpsichord and chamber organ |
'Scenes' from Restoration and Georgian London. A trip to Bedlam; the Queen's demise; dinner with the Duke of York and some amusing rumours regarding William of Orange's woollens.
Letters, diaries, poetry and gossip from John Evelyn, Voltaire, Pepys, Lady Catherine Dyer, Samuel de Sorbières and Cèsar de Saussure. Music by Henry Purcell, Clarke, Eccles, Arne and Handel.
| Henry Purcell | INTERVAL | |
| Duet 'Sound the Trumpet' | ||
| Henry Purcell | ||
| Anon | A dialogue between Corridon and Mopsa | |
| Song 'The 29th of May' | Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary, 1695 | |
| Duet 'Here's a Health unto His Majesty' | ||
| Henry Eccles | ||
| Henry Purcell | Cello sonata in G minor | |
| Song 'Britain, thou now art great' | ||
| Song 'Fairest Isle' | Henry Purcell | |
| Duet 'Sing ye Druids' | A Mad Song 'Bess of Bedlam' | |
| Two Grounds for solo harpsichord | Duet 'Lost is my Quiet' | |
| Duet 'Oh! the Sweet Delights of Love' | ||
| Duet 'My Dearest, my Fairest' | George Frideric Handel | |
| Air and Variations on 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' | ||
| Anon | ||
| Divisions on Greensleves for cello and | Thomas Arne | |
| continuo | Song 'When Daisies Pied' | |
| Song 'Gentle swain' | ||
| Henry Purcell | ||
| An Evening Hymn | George Frideric Handel | |
| Scene from the opera 'Teseo' | ||
| Jeremiah Clarke | ||
| A Dialogue between a Widdow and a Rake | ||
| Henry Purcell | ||
| Duet 'No, Resistance is but Vain' |
