Poetry Cafe 186: ‚The Fairy Queen‘

The Fairy Queen

Playlist (texts read & music played)

1. Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen – Overture
2. Duet: Come, let us leave the Town….
3. Promotional text for the production by the Tiroler Landestheater
4. First Act Tune – Jig
5. Secresie: One charming Night….
6. The Plaint: O Let me ever, ever weep….
7. Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas – When I am laid in earth…
8. Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum – Scherzo
9. Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Act II, Scene 2 (extracts)
10. Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon addressing Puck)
11. Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum – Bunte Schlangen
12. Shakespeare & Britten: end of Act V (Puck’s envoi: If we shadows….)
13. Purcell: The Fairy Queen – Prelude: If love’s a Sweet Passion….
14. Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum – Finale