The Theater of Music – An Evening at the Theatre (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

An Evening at the Theatre is a reconstruction of the musical part of a masque as it might have been performed in a London theatre around 1685. The English masque, inspired in part by the commedia dell’arte and French ballet, was a courtly entertainment combining instrumental music, dance, theatre, song and pantomime; it enjoyed its greatest popularity between 1560 and 1640, during the reigns of Elizabeth I and Charles I. English art music, John Playford’s country dances and Scottish folk music had their place in the same musical event. The antemasque, a ‘Spectacle of Strangeness’, where grotesque costumes and exaggerated gestures by professional actors were used to embody witches, furies and exotic animals, was played in the midst of the performance. Our programme bears the traces of this courtly musical heritage but is set in a later period during which musical styles were in transition.

Tracklist:
01. The Theater of Music – Eerste Carileen (03:09)
02. The Theater of Music – Aria ad imitatione de la trombetta (05:02)
03. The Theater of Music – La Constanza (02:29)
04. The Theater of Music – Arietta (01:02)
05. The Theater of Music – When Daphne from Fair Phoebus Did Flie (05:44)
06. Marion Fermé – Doen Daphne (02:19)
07. The Theater of Music – Wilson’s Love (02:07)
08. The Theater of Music – Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore (01:27)
09. The Theater of Music – Coxe Dance (01:02)
10. The Theater of Music – A Dance (00:40)
11. The Theater of Music – The Fox Hunter (01:37)
12. The Theater of Music – The Merry Blacksmith (01:25)
13. The Theater of Music – O’Neil’s March (01:12)
14. The Theater of Music – A Frolic (01:09)
15. Isabelle Brouzes – Loves Farewell (04:21)
16. The Theater of Music – John Come Kiss Me Now (04:43)
17. The Theater of Music – Giga al genio turchesco (00:44)
18. The Theater of Music – Corrente da orecchie – Corrente da piedi (02:08)
19. The Theater of Music – Il Rossignolo (00:56)
20. The Theater of Music – The Furies (01:30)
21. The Theater of Music – Jigg prestissimo (00:44)
22. The Theater of Music – The Apes at the Temple (01:52)
23. The Theater of Music – Tweede Carileen (02:13)
24. The Theater of Music – Suite in E minor: I. Pavan (03:06)
25. The Theater of Music – Suite in E minor: II. Ayre (00:56)
26. The Theater of Music – Suite in E minor: III. Corant (00:54)
27. The Theater of Music – Suite in E minor: IV. Saraband (00:40)
28. Sandrine Dupé – Passagio rotto (02:22)
29. The Theater of Music – Sarabanda amorosa (01:30)
30. The Theater of Music – Gavotta con divisione (01:44)
31. The Theater of Music – Scaramuccia (01:03)
32. The Theater of Music – Newcastle (01:32)
33. The Theater of Music – Hockley in the Hole (00:23)
34. The Theater of Music – The Blackthorn Stick (00:32)
35. The Theater of Music – The Country Coll (00:37)
36. The Theater of Music – Newcastle (Fast) (01:30)
37. The Theater of Music – Goddesses (01:09)
38. The Theater of Music – Kemps Jegg (01:01)
39. The Theater of Music – The Fine Companion (00:33)
40. The Theater of Music – Goddesses (Fast) (00:58)
41. The Theater of Music – The Cuckold Come Out of the Amrey / Robertson’s Rant (06:19)