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Purcell and Present-day Composers

Sjaella

Purcell and Present-day Composers

Sexta Maior

BOX OFFICE OPENING – 2026_2027 SEASON

From June 18 to 21: exclusively for CCB Card holders

From June 22 onwards: general public

Arias, choruses and expressive preludes from Henry Purcell's semi-opera The Fairy Queen (1692) form a Baroque thread running through the programme. In a playful manner, the music illustrates motifs from William Shakespeare's celebrated play A Midsummer Night's Dream: nature and the rivalry of the seasons, the contradictions of love and the magic of night.

Alongside these works appear compositions by composers Caroline Shaw, Laura Marconi and Meredi, as well as Hypophysis, a collaboration between the ensemble Sjaella and artist Shara Nova. The concert finally settles into nocturnal stillness with Purcell's serene Hush no more, be silent all.

Between birdsong, summer night, longing and silence, the programme explores Baroque imagination and contemporary perspectives on nature and human emotion.

Pre-concert conversation by Luís Bastos Machado at 19h30.

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Sessions

  • 7 May 202720:00

Credits

Sjaella Soprano Viola Blache , Marie Fenske , and Franziska Eberhardt Meio-soprano Marie Charlotte Seidel Alto Luisa Klose Alto Helene Erben Imagem: Sjaella_Pressefoto | Sjaella Soprano Viola Blache , Marie Fenske , and Franziska Eberhardt Meio-soprano Marie Charlotte Seidel Alto Luisa Klose Alto Helene Erben | Sjaella | Viola Blache | Marie Fenske | Franziska Eberhardt | Marie Charlotte Seidel | Luisa Klose | Helene Erben | Imagem: Sjaella_Pressefoto | Programa | Henry Purcell (1659—1695) A bird’s Prelude , de The Fairy Queen (1692). Arranjo Sjaella Caroline Shaw (1981) Dolce cantavi , sobre texto de Francesca Turina Bufalini Contessa di Stupinigi (1544–1641) | Henry Purcell (1659—1695) | A bird’s Prelude | The Fairy Queen | Caroline Shaw (1981) | Dolce cantavi | Francesca Turina Bufalini Contessa di Stupinigi (1544–1641) | Laura Marconi (1989) Mein Grund, mein Puls , sobre texto de Felicitas Erben (1995) Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen , Ato IV, sobre texto de A Midsummer Night’s Dream , de William Shakespeare . Arranjo Gregor Meyer (1979) | Laura Marconi | Mein Grund, mein Puls | Felicitas Erben (1995) | Henry Purcell | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | William Shakespeare | Gregor Meyer (1979) | I. Thus the ever grateful spring (Spring) | II. Here’s the summer, sprightly, gay (Summer) | III. See my many coloured fields (Autumn) | IV. Now winter comes slowly (Winter) | Shakespeare . Arranjo Gregor Meyer (1979) Meredi (1992) Crystallized

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