"imaginative, quick in colour, corporeal, sexy...a masterclass in love-swept changeability.”
Based on their celebrated 2020 recording of the same name, violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and lutenist Thomas Dunford illuminate the nuanced themes of yearning and loss that form the 17th-century English notion of melancholy. In this duo program, the inconsolable, titular Mad Lover is reimagined as a character from the reign of Charles II. His story unfolds through music laden with intense desire and theatricality, penned by violin virtuosos such as the prodigiously gifted Nicola Matteis. Exuberant, uninhibited, and unignorably eloquent, The Mad Lover throws open the doors to bewildered intoxication, braiding the beguiling nuances of unrequited love and despair that continue to echo in the popular music of our time.
PROGRAM
JOHN ECCLES (v. 1668 – 1735): Aire from The Mad Lover suite (Aire V)
DANIEL PURCELL (v. 1664 – 1717): Sonata in F-minor
Adagio – Allegro – Adagio- Vivace
Improvisation (lute solo)
NICOLA MATTEIS (v. 1650 – v. 1714): Folia
NICOLA MATTEIS JR. (v. 1670 – 1737): Fantasia in A-minor
NICOLA MATTEIS:
Suite in A-minor – Sarabanda Amorosa (First book of Ayres for the Violin)
Suite in C-Major – Diverse bizarrerie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda I pur Ciaconna (First book of Ayres for the Violin)
DALZA Calata
JOHN ECCLES: Aire from The Mad Lover suite (Aire III)
HENRY PURCELL (1659 – 1695): Prélude in G-minor, ZN. 773
HENRY ECCLES (v. 1680 – v. 1740): Sonata in G-minor
Grave – Courante – Adagio – Vivace
NICOLA MATTEIS: Suite in G-Major (2nd Book of Ayres for the Violin)
Preludio – Aria Burlesca – Sarabanda – Giga Al Genio Turchesco
HENRY ECCLES: Sonata Quinta in E-minor
HENRY ECCLES: A new division upon the ground bass of John Come and Kiss me
Program subject to change
PERFORMANCE TIME
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2027 – 2 PM
HANNAFORD HALL, PORTLAND
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