Ode `Hail, Bright Cecilia` for Soloists, Chorus, Orchestra and Basso Continuo (1692), Z 328 (Purcell)

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)


Ode `Hail, Bright Cecilia` for Soloists, Chorus, Orchestra and Basso Continuo (1692), Z 328

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1.Symphony (overture): Introduction—Canzona—Adagio—Allegro—Grave—Allegro (repeat)
2.Recitative (bass) and chorus: Hail! Bright Cecilia
3.Duet (`treble` [though range would suggest alto] and...Read more
1.Symphony (overture): Introduction—Canzona—Adagio—Allegro—Grave—Allegro (repeat)
2.Recitative (bass) and chorus: Hail! Bright Cecilia
3.Duet (`treble` [though range would suggest alto] and bass): Hark! hark! each tree
4.Air (countertenor): `Tis Nature’s voice`
5.Chorus: Soul of the world
6.Air (soprano) and chorus: Thou tun’st this world
7.Trio (alto, tenor and bass): With that sublime celestial lay
8.Air (bass): Wondrous machine!
9.Air (countertenor): The airy violin
10.Duet (countertenor and tenor): In vain the am’rous flute
11.Air (countertenor): The fife and all the harmony of war
12.Duet (two basses): Let these among themselves contest
13.Chorus: Hail! Bright Cecilia, hail to thee

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