Red Priest's "Red Hot Baroque" - Programme

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ACT 1: A BAROQUE CARNIVAL

The Nightmare Concerto - Antonio Vivaldi
Ciaconna - Maurizio Cazzati
Aria Amorosa - Georg Frederik Handel
Prelude for Cello - Johann Sebastian Bach
Introduction and Fugue in D minor - Antonio Vivaldi
The Witches' Dance - Robert Johnson
Variations for Recorder - Jacob Van Eyck
Chaconne - Tomasso Vitali


ACT 2: THE FOUR SEASONS

SPRING
1: Spring has arrived—birdsong—a bubbling stream—an April storm—more birdsong
2: A sleeping shepherd in a meadow, with waving grasses and a barking dog
3: Pastoral dance

SUMMER
1: Languishing in the heat—cuckoos—a turtle-dove—a goldfinch—warm Summer winds—a shepherd crying out in fear of the coming storm, with his dog—more Summer winds
2: Uneasy rest in a meadow, with mosquitoes and thunder
3: A violent Summer storm

AUTUMN
1: The harvest dance—staggering drunkards—dozing drunkards—waking up for the last dance
2: Sleeping drunkards; weird dreams…
3: An Autumn hunt—a fleeing stag, with rifle-shots and hounds—the stag dies, and ascends to Heaven

WINTER
1: Bitter frostbite—cruel winds—stamping feet to keep warm in the cold—howling winds—chattering teeth—more stamping feet
2: Peaceful and content by the fire, with freezing rain outside; dreaming of the Caribbean…
3: Walking cautiously on ice—falling down—running swiftly—the ice cracks—Winter winds

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