Purcell Recital - Christophe Rousset, Ann Hallenberg
Salle des concerts, Cité de la Musique, Paris, Tuesday September 29 2020 Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano. Atsushi Sakai, viola da gamba. Karl Nyhlin, lute. Christophe Rousset, harpsichord (Vincent Tibaut, Toulouse, 1691, facsimile by Émile Jobin). If music be the food of love Celia has a thousand charms O solitude, my sweetest choice Suite n° 2 in G minor (Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande) Bess of Bedlam Ah Belinda! Fly swift, ye hours I came, I saw and was undone (The Thraldom) Suite n° 7 in D minor (Allemande, Courante, Hornpipe) From Rosie Bowr's The fatal hour comes on apace Sweeter than roses Music for a while Encores: Thrice happy lovers Fairest Isle My first musical event since the Covid-9-related lockdown (and I have no more on the horizon as yet) was also, so I gathered from her Facebook page, Ann Hallenberg's: a recital of Purcell songs with a lute, a viola da gamba, and Christophe Rousset at the harpsichord. This intimate concert was originally planned to take