Valentine's Special: Cupid, Love and the Baroque
Series: Harmonia Early Music
From: WFIU
Length: 00:58:59
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Harmonia explores the little winged archer known as Cupid, a classic symbol of love and Valentine's Day, including music from France, Italy, England, and Latin America. Hosted by Angela Mariani.
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Piece Description
Harmonia explores the little winged archer known as Cupid, a classic symbol of love and Valentine's Day, including music from France, Italy, England, and Latin America. Hosted by Angela Mariani.
Timing and Cues
FROM: WFIU-Bloomington
Total Program Length: 59:00
ACCUM TIME:
00:00 Segment 1: Program Intro
Incue: Theme Music
01:00 Segment 2: Optional Cutaway for News
06:00 Segment 3
16:22 [10:22 into SEG 3] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue:. "… was performed by soprano Sylvia McNair and the Academy of Ancient Music."
28:32 Segment 4: MIDPOINT BREAK (:59 music bed)
Outcue: "...I'm Angela Mariani."
29:32 Segment 5
39:30 [9:57 into SEG 5] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue: "… by Claudio Monteverdi. She was accompanied by Anthony Rooley."
59:00 End Program
Outcue: "...for the next edition of Harmonia." (Theme Music)
PLAYLIST
Flores de Musica
Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord
Musica Ficta (2009) [ASIN: B002UO8PIS]
Juan Cabanilles
Tr. 6: Pasacalles de primero tono (4:20)
Venus and Adonis
John Blow
Orchestra of the Age of Elightenment/Rene Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi (2008) [ASIN: B001927MI6]
Act II
Tr. 14: “You place with such delightful care” (1:43)
Tr. 15: The Cupid's Lesson: “The insolent, the arrogant” (1:35)
Tr. 16: “Choose for the formal fool” (1:37)
Tr. 17: A Dance of Cupids (1:35)
The Echoing Air: Music of Henry Purcell
Sylvia McNair, soprano, and Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Polygram (1995) [ASIN: B0000041BF]
Tr. 16: “Cupid, the slyest rogue alive” (2:20)
:29 music bed: Suites from Les Fêtes D'Hébé & Les Indes Galantes, Aulos Ensemble
Centaur (2009) [ASIN: B001UDY2AU], Tr. 3: Menuets (Suite from “Le Fetes d'Hebe”) (excerpt)
Avecillas Sonoras: Villancicos from 18th-century Latin America
Musica Temprana
Etcetera (2008) [ASIN: B0013PS4L8]
Juan de Hidalgo
Tr. 13: Tono humano: “Disfrazado de pastor” (3:25)
La Purpura de la Rosa
Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco
Ensemble Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
K 617 (1999)
Scene 4 (CD 1)
Tr. 9: Cupid “Que quieres oh tu, cuyo gemir?” (2:03)
Tr. 10: “Favor, cielos divines” (4:11)
Theme music bed: Ensemble Alcatraz, Danse Royale, Elektra Nonesuch 79240-2 [ASIN: B000005J0B], T.12: La Prime Estampie Royal
:59 Midpoint Break music bed: Suites from Les Fêtes D'Hébé & Les Indes Galantes, Aulos Ensemble, Centaur (2009) [ASIN: B001UDY2AU], Tr. 24: Menuets Pour Les Guerriers (Suite from “Les Indes Galantes) (excerpt)
The Emma Kirkby Collection
Emma Kirby, soprano, and Various Artists
Hyperion (1993) [ASIN: B000002ZJG]
Claudio Monteverdi
Tr. 4: “Voglio di vita uscir” (4:19)
Amor Roma: Roman Cantatas c. 1640
Suzie Leblanc, soprano, and Tragicomedia/Stephen Stubbs
Challenge (2003) [ASIN: B0000658VH]
Luigi Rossi
Tr. 1: “A qual dardo” (4:49)
:29 Music bed: Suites from Les Fêtes D'Hébé & Les Indes Galantes, Aulos Ensemble, Centaur (2009), [ASIN: B001UDY2AU], Tr. 2; Musette Tendre En Rondeau (Suite From Le Fetes d'Hebe) (excerpt)
Les divertissements de Versailles
Jean Baptiste Lully
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
Erato (2002) [ASIN: B000063TE8]
George Dandin, “comédies-ballets”
Tr. 4: Choeur “Chantons tous de l'Amour”(6:48)
Regne Amour: Love Songs from the Operas
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Carolyn Sampson, soprano, and Ex Cathedra/Jeffrey Skidmore
Hyperion (2004) [ASIN: B0001ZXMNQ]
From Pygmalion
Tr. 13: “Du pouvoir de l’Amour” (4:51)
From Dardanus
Tr. 9: Marche pour les differentes nation – Chorus “Par tes bienfaits” (3:26)
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