PROJECT
CREDITS
Lucy Goddard mezzo-soprano
Marnix De Cat countertenor
HATHOR CONSORT 5 viols
Romina Lischka viol & artistic direction
UPON SILENCE
For composer George Benjamin, Upon Silence – directly inspired by Purcell’s Fantasias – brought a welcome end to a period of writer’s block. Its text, a poem by W. B. Yeats, portrays three historical figures, absorbed in silent contemplation: Julius Caesar, Helen of Troy and Michelangelo, who is busy painting. The program presents Purcell’s as a timeless original, along with new music for gamba consort.
Fantasias of Henry Purcell & contemporary works of George Benjamin, Nicholas Muhly, John Woolrich, Marnix De Cat, Wim Henderickx & Donnacha Dennehy.