Paradise, Heaven, and Arcadia may be the pastoral setting of many operas, but Hell, the underworld, and realms of evil are home to many of music’s darkest scenes. Often, characters are visited by demons from Hell, or are drawn into it through temptation, evil spirits, and sin. This hour, 17 th and 18 th century musical portrayals of evil spirits, Lucifer, and Hell. Later in the program, darkness turns to light in our featured release, Epiphany: Biber, Buxtehude, Kapsberber, & Bach, by Three Notch’d Road.
PLAYLIST
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
La Cappella Reial de Catalunya / Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall
Alia Vox 2015 / B00XUIPXX8
Claudio Monteverdi
T.04: L'Orfeo, Act III Scene IV - Possente Spirto (4:38)
Segment A:
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, director
Erato 1995 / B078NTYMT5T
T.10: from Act II: Prelude for the Witches (Wayward Sisters) (2:14)
T.11: from Act II: “The Queen of Carthage…” (1:53)
T.12: from Act II: “But ere we this perform…” (1:10)
T.13: from Act II: “In our deep vaulted cell” (and Dance of the Furies) (2:22)
Amadis
Les Talens Lyriques / dir. Christophe Rousset
Aparte 2014/ B01G7N2IDU
Jean-Baptiste Lully
T.07: Amadis: Act IV Scene 6: Prelude - Je soumets a mes lois l'enfer (2:14)
T.10: Amadis: Act IV Scene 7: Demons, soumis a nos lois (2:40)
Handel Edition, vol. 8
Contrasto Armonico / Marco Vitale, cond.
Brilliant Classics 2018 / B07D9T4MG8
George Frideric Handel
T.08: La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Pt 1 Recitativo: E ben, questo tuo Nume (1:45)
T.09: La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Pt 1 Aria: O’ voi dell’Erbo (3:19)
The Devil's Trill
Palladians
Linn Records 2015 / B001CJYJWS
Giuseppe Tartini
T.03: Violin Sonata in G Minor, "The Devil's Trill": III. Andante - Allegro assai (5:50)
Theme Music Bed: Ensemble Alcatraz, Danse Royale, Elektra Nonesuch 79240-2 / B000005J0B, T.12: La Prime Estampie Royal
:59 Midpoint Break Music Bed:
Danse royale
Ensemble Alcatraz
T.12: Anon - La ultime estampie royale (2:32)
Segment B:
Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo
L'Arpeggiata / cond. Christina Pluhar
Alpha 2004 / B002A72GH6
Bonaventura Cavalieri
T.02: Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo - Sinfonia (2:10)
T.03-04-05: (cut together) Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo (Act III): Scene 1:
Salite pur al Cielo / Scene 2: Voi che siete la giu / Scene 3: Alme ch’in Ciel godete (6:20)
Featured Release:
Epiphany: Biber, Buxtehude, Kapsberber, & Bach
Three Notch'd Road
Three Notch'd Road 2018 / B07ZL77ZQS
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
T.16: Rosary Sonata No. 2 in A Major, “The Visitation”: Sonata, Presto, Allaman, Presto (5:12)
Dietrich Buxtehude
T.08: Viola da Gamba Sonata in D Major, BuxWF 268: Sonata, Allegro, Adagio (4:55)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
T.15: Partita for Two Violins No. 3 in A Major from Harmonia Artificioso-Ariosa: VI. Ciacona (3:31)
This episode originally aired August 3, 2020.