Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Baroque Fancies: Lucy Crowe and Anna Tilbrook

Baroque Fancies: Lucy Crowe and Anna Tilbrook

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Lucy Crowe and Anna Tilbrook perform songs by Purcell and Arne alongside Nadia Boulanger.

Lucy Crowe and Anna Tilbrook perform songs by Purcell and Arne alongside Nadia Boulanger, Chaminade and Hahn, showcasing and echoing the imagination and beauty of the Baroque.

Sarah Walker presents a second concert, showcasing the imaginative and fantastical world of the Baroque era.  Today, soprano Lucy Crowe and pianist Anna Tilbrook perform songs by Henry Purcell and Thomas Arne, depicting tales of magical groves and lovers, which are echoed in songs written in the 19th and 20th centuries by Nadia Boulanger, Cecile Chaminade and Reynaldo Hahn.


HENRY PURCELL
I see she flies me
Ah, how sweet ‘tis to love
Sweeter than roses 

THOMAS ARNE
Where the bee sucks
The fond appeal
When daisies pied 

LOUISE FARRENC
Andréa la folly
Le berger fidèle
La suicide 

NADIA BOULANGER 
Cantique 

CECILE CHAMINADE
Rosamonde  

REYNALDO HAHN
A Chloris 

HENRY PURCELL
Mad Bess
Dido’s Lament  

Lucy Crowe (soprano )
Anna Tilbrook (piano )

Recorded at LSO St Luke's in London in November 2023.

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