Une célébration de l’éclat théâtral au XVIIIe siècle,.
"The Comic Muse" explore le monde vibrant et souvent négligé du théâtre du XVIIIe siècle, célébrant le talent extraordinaire et l’influence de Kitty Clive (1711-1785), actrice, cantatrice et poétesse qui eut une notoriété importante outre-Manche
G.F. Haendel Rinaldo, HWV7: Overture
Thomas Arne The Card Invites
Matthew Dubourg Dubourg’s Maggot*
James Oswald Nannicock, my poor cow (to the tune of ‘Greensleeves’)
Alessandro Scarlatti Minuet in Demetrius *
G.F. Haendel Air in Justin *, Was ever a man possest (after ‘No, Non Temere O Bella’ tiré d’Ottone, HWV 15), Carillon *
Johann Christoph Pepusch Cantata ‘When Love’s Soft Passion’
George Frideric Handel Air in Berenice *
Thomas Arne Where the bee sucks
Robert Woodcock Concerto No. 4: III. Gavotta
Francesco Geminiani Sonata No. 2 ‘Bush aboon Traquair’
J.C. Pepusch The crow or daw. To the tune of Bush aboon Traquair
Francesco Geminiani Sonata No. 2 ‘Bush aboon Traquair’
G.F. Haendel Air in Lothario*
Robert Woodcock Concerto No. 6: ( Gavotta)
Anonymous Strawberry Hill
G.F. Haendel L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: Haste thee Nymph
Apollo’s Cabinet