IESTYN DAVIES

Arise, my Muse
Music of the Restoration
Blow:
Poor Celadon, he sighs in vain
Venus and Adonis: Suite
Clarke, Jeremiah:
The Glory of the Arcadian Groves
Croft:
Ye tuneful Numbers - A song with symphonies
Gabrieli, G:
Sonata No. 21
Purcell:
Arise, my Muse, Z320
Strike the Viol (from Come Ye Sons of Art, Z323)
Here the deities approve, Z339
The pale and the purple rose
Tis Nature's voice (from Hail, Bright Cecilia, Z328)

Crown the altar (from Celebrate this Festival - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, Z321)

If music be the food of love Z379A (first version)
1st setting/1st version
Fantasia: three parts on a ground, for three recorders & b.c
O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406
Fairest Isle (from King Arthur)
Encore. Spoken introduction (Iestyn Davies)

Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Pamela Thorby, Tabea Debus (recorder), Bojan Čičić (violin), Stephen Pedder (violin), Julia Kuhn (viola, violin), Mark Levy (viola da gamba), William Carter (theorbo, baroque guitar)

Famed for the crystalline beauty of his voice and the breath-taking daring of his artistry, British countertenor Iestyn Davies returned to Wigmore Hall with a programme reaching back to the Restoration Court to reveal the wealth of musical riches of the late 17th-century London.

For this recital, Iestyn Davies and the ensemble stepped beyond the bounds of convention to explore the works with fresh insight, delivering an invigorating yet refined and delicate performance.

Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, on 27 February 2013