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 MILTON
AT CHRIST'S
Readings of Milton's poetry and prose by Michael Pennington, and music
of Milton's time performed by Fretwork, David Rowland, Ruth Provost, and
members of Christ's College Choir.
The concert was given on Saturday 6 December 2008,
at 8
pm, in The Hall, Christ's College
Programme
Details below, or download
the full programme, with an essay by
Simon Jackson.
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Reading |
At a Solemn Music |
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John Milton the Elder |
In nomine,
Alto Soloist: Hetty
Boardman-Weston
When David heard |
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Readings |
Sonnet VII: ‘How
soon hath Time’
from
Lycidas: ‘Yet once
more, O ye laurels’
Sonnet XIII: To Mr
H. Lawes, on his Airs |
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Henry Lawes |
The Complaint of
Ariadne |
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Readings |
from
Paradise
Lost, VIII:
‘Mine eyes he closed’
from
The Doctrine and
Discipline of Divorce |
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Henry Lawes
William Lawes |
The Rose
To Sycamores
To Pansies
To the Virgins, To
Make Much of Time |
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Readings |
Sonnet XVI: ‘When I
consider how my light is spent’
from
Paradise Lost, III:
‘Hail, holy light’
from
Samson Agonistes: ‘O
loss of sight’ |
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William Lawes |
Consort Set in 5
parts, in A minor
Fantasy
Fantasy
Air |
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Reading |
from
Paradise Lost,
IV: ‘O thou that with surpassing glory crowned’ |
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Thomas Tomkins |
Sad Pavan for these
distracted times |
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Readings |
from
Paradise
Lost, I: ‘Of man’s first disobedience’
from
Areopagitica: ‘Good
and evil we know’
from
Paradise Lost, XII:
‘So spake our mother Eve’ |
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Thomas Tomkins |
My beloved spake |
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