Concert 4: If Music and Sweet Poetry Agree

Boston Guitar Orchestra
Scott Borg, Director

Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Dido’s Lament, from Dido and Aeneas (arr. Borg)

Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Serenade for Strings in E Minor Op.20 (arr. Borg)

  • Allegro piacevole
  • Larghetto

Queen (1975)
Bohemian Rhapsody (arr. Zevos)

Moisès Fernández Via, piano
Nuria Orbea, soprano

J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
English Suite in G Minor, BWV 808
[Performed in the context of the video-poem “Suite in b/n” by Moisès Fernández Via (2007)]

  • Prélude
  • Allemande
  • Courante
  • Sarabande
  • Gavotte I & II
  • Gigue

Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)
Two Songs

  • The Caterpillar
  • The Gifts of Gods

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Songs of the Clown Op. 29

  • Come Away, Death
  • O Mistress Mine
  • Adieu, Good Man Devil
  • Hey, Robin!
  • For the Rain, It Raineth Every Day

INTERMISSION

Mark Cohen, actor

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Monologue from Richard III (I.1)

Alexandra Manick, actor

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
The Passionate Pilgrim

Nigel North, lute

John Dowland (1563–1626)
Lachrimae
Earl of Essex, his Galliard
Mrs White’s thing
Lord Strange’s March
Pavan “Solus cum sola”
Melancholy Galliard
Orlando Sleepeth
Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe
Fortune my foe
Sweet Robin
Go from my window
Lord Willoughby’s Welcome
Katherine Darcy’s spirit
Tarleton’s Resurrection
Mrs Winter’s Jump
Fancy (5)
In nomine Fantasie
Forlorne Hope Fancy