Orpheus
Through my recent work with the NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble (NESE), I became somewhat obsessed with setting Elizabethan texts to music. These pieces are a few of the many that I managed to churn out, mostly in the wee hours of the morning. The album as a whole is meant to serve as one long Elizabethan day dream, interrupted by the occasional “pallet cleansor” from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. I hope the resulting combination pleases.
Tracks
- Orpheus With His Lute (2:54)
- O Mistress Mine (1:50)
- Hermia and Lysander (2:56)
- Out of this Wood (1:32)
- Munday’s Joy / Tell Me Daphne (2:46)
- A Lording’s Daughter (1:59)
- My Love is as a Fever (1:39)
- Come Live with Me (2:20)
- Amarilli (3:35)
- What Meaneth This? (2:41)
- Then Hate Me When Thou Wilt (2:12)
- On A Day (1:19)
- Dance of the Fairies (1:43)
- The Old Spagnoletta (0:54)
- Sigh No More Ladies (2:15)
- Come Away Death (1:26)
- Puck’s Night Out (3:38)
- Pardon Goddess (2:55)
- Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (3:50)
- Beatrice and Benedick (1:16)