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The Triumph of Love

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Music by CAROLUS HACQUART , text by DIRK BUYSERO.
A masque to celebrate the peace of Nijmegen, agreed between the French and the House of Orange in 1678. Before the performance, Frits Noske sets the scene for this and the other programmes of Dutch music to be broadcast over the coming fortnight by describing the varied musical life of the Netherlands in the - 17th century.
BARBARA BORDEN (soprano) YVONNE BENSCHOP (contralto)
MARK TUCKER (tenor)
HARRY VAN DER KAMP (bass) AMSTERDAM BAROQUE
ORCHESTRA/TON KOOPMAN

Contributors

Music By:
Carolus Hacquart
Unknown:
Dirk Buysero.
Unknown:
Frits Noske
Contralto:
Yvonne Benschop
Bass:
Harry van Der Kamp
Venus:
Melinda Walker
Aeolus/Pan:
Philip Sully
Jupiter/First suitor:
Christopher Scott
Second suitOr:
Joe Dunlop
Erato:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Cupid:
Cara Kelly
Ceres/First mistress:
Jo Kendall
Second mistress:
Oona Beeson
Mars:
David March
Bacchus:
William Squire
Peace:
Carole Boyd
Neptune:
Paul Gregory
Source: Radio Times

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