Music for a While
Ethereal yet visceral, Scholl’s voice is the dream vehicle for Purcell…,” wrote critics from BBC Music Magazine, reviewing the landmark album O Solitude, which Andreas Scholl recorded with Accademia Bizantina in 2010. This is a dream for us too – to experience Purcell through an interpretation that has deeply influenced subsequent performances of the composer’s works, at times even sparking debate within the community with Scholl’s male interpretation of Dido’s Lament.
Scholl himself reflects on the far-reaching impact of this music: “Purcell is one of the greatest composers of all time, yet his music remains accessible to all. These are real melodies and themes. After a day of recording, we would return to the hotel, and some melody would always linger in our minds.”
This year’s program by Liatoshynsky Capella: Early Music Ensemble, featuring Andreas Scholl, is structured symmetrically: Purcell’s works will serve as the foundation for the central focus, Bach’s music. The program is, in a sense, a meditation, gradually delving deeper, offering space for reflection and self-awareness, and ultimately providing a gentle return to everyday life. This simple concept is embodied in the title Music for a While: “Let the music, for a while, ease all your worries.”
Supported by the Embassy of Germany in Kyiv / Deutsche Botschaft Kyjiw
Part I
Henry Purcell – A New Ground in E Minor, ZT 682
“Music for a While” from the tragedy Oedipus, Z.583/2
“Evening Hymn”, Z.193
Ground in C Minor, ZD 221
“O dive custos Auriacae domus!” (O Divine Guardian of the House of Avranches), Z.504
Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata for Two Violins and Basso Continuo in C Major, BWV 1037
Cantata “Widerstehe doch der Sünde”, BWV 54
Part II
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude in B Minor, BWV 923
Henry Purcell – “Fairest Isle” from the semi-opera King Arthur, Z.628/38
“Dido’s Lament” from the opera Dido and Aeneas, Z.626/37
Sonata No. 6 in G Minor (Chaconne), Z.807
“Here the Deities Approve” from the ode Welcome to All the Pleasures, Z.339/3
“Cold Song” from the semi-opera King Arthur, Z.628/46
“Sound the Trumpet” from the ode Come Ye Sons Of Art, Z.323/2