Ballads Within a Dream

FIRST PART

John Blow (1649–1708)
A Lovesong
from Amphion Anglicus (London, 1700)

Traditional theme
Passamezzo Antico – Su Saltarello
Improvisation on the traditional theme

Traditional melody · Text by William Shakespeare
Out of this wood
from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene 1

Henry Eccles (c. 1680–1740)
Sonata in G minor for Violin and Basso Continuo
from Premier livre de sonates à violon seul et la basse (Paris, 1720)
Largo – Corrente – Adagio – Presto

Traditional melody and text · arranged by Jean Richafort (c. 1480–1550)
L’amour de moy
with a counterpoint for theorbo

Traditional theme
Passamezzo Moderno – Su Saltarello
Improvisation on the traditional theme

Robert Johnson (c. 1583–1633), attributed · Text by Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
Have you seen the white lily grow

Traditional melody · Text by William Shakespeare
Come, wait upon him
from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene 1

INTERMEZZO

Henry Purcell (1658/9–1695) · Text by Thomas d’Urfey (1653–1723)
’Twas within a furlong of Edinburgh town
from Delitiae Musicae (London, 1696)

SECOND PART

Traditional
Black is the colour of my true love’s hair

Christopher Simpson (c. 1606–1669)
Ground in E minor for Bass Viol and Basso Continuo
from The Division Viol (London, 1659)

Godfrey Finger (c. 1655–1730)
Sonata in A major for Violin, Viola da Gamba and Basso Continuo, Op. 1/3
from Sonatæ pro diversis instrumentis (London, 1688)
Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio

Traditional
I will give my love an apple

Henry Purcell (1658/9–1695) · Text by John Dryden (1631–1700)
Music for a while
from Orpheus Britannicus, Vol. II (1692)

Transition
Music for a while modulates to Drink to me only with thine eyes

Anonymous melody · Text by Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
Drink to me only with thine eyes

Francis Pilkington (c. 1565–1638)
Rest, sweet nymphs
from First Booke of Songs or Ayres (first published 1605)

Anonymous melody
Concerto: Drink to me only with thine eyes

Anonymous melody
Greensleeves

All arrangements by Andreas Arend