Dryden in Music

a Pegasus Early Music concert

in collaboration with the University of Rochester’s Humanities Project

 

Laura Heimes and Elizabeth Phillips, sopranos

Rachel Evans, violin, Rosemary Elliott, cello

James E. Bobb, harpsichord, Deborah Fox, theorbo and archlute

Jonathan Wetherbee, actor

 

This concert will musically explore Dryden’s texts as set by composers of the baroque period. The program will include excerpts from a rare 18th century chamber arrangement owned by the Sibley Music Library of Handel's Ode to St. Cecilia, with text by Dryden; songs to Dryden texts by Purcell and other contemporaries; and arias from Bononcini's opera Almahide, which is based on a text by Dryden translated into Italian, and which was the first opera in England to be performed in Italian. Dramatic readings that will complement the musical selections, including a satirical poem poking fun at the styles of Dryden and the composer Grabu.

 

 

Thursday, November 13, 7:30pm
Interfaith Chapel, Wilson Boulevard, University of Rochester
Tickets: admission is free and open to the public
Information: phone: 703-3990

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