Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen Z 629 - “Now Winter Comes Slowly“ - #40

“Now Winter Comes Slowly“ -Chorus: “Hail! Great Parent Of Us All“ The Fairy Queen (Semi-Opera Z. 629) by Henry Purcell (1692) Performed by English Baroque Soloists Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner First Music 1. Prelude 2. Hornpipe Second Music 3. Air 4. Rondeau 5. Overture Act I 6. Song In Two Parts: “Come, Come, Come, Let Us Leave“ 7. Scene Of The Drunken Poet: “Fill Up The Bowl“ 8. First Act Tune: Jig Act II 9. Prelude And Song: “Come All Ye Songsters Of The Sky“ 10. Prelude 11. Trio: “May The God Of Wit Inspire“ 12. Echo 13. Chorus: “Now Joyn Your Warbling Voices All“ 14. A Dance Of Fairies 15. Song And Chorus: “Sing While We Trip It On The Green“ 16. Song: “See, Even Night Her Self Is Here“ 17. Song: “I Am Come To Lock All Fast“ 18. Song: “One Charming Night“ 19. Song And Chorus: “Hush, No More, Be Silent All“ 20. A Dance For The Followers Of Night 21. Second Act Tune: Air Act III 22. A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: “If Love’s A Sweet Passion“ 23. Overture: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward 24. Dance For The Fairies 25. Dance For The Green Men 26. Song: “Ye Gentle Spirits Of The Air, Appear“ 27. Dialogue Between Coridon And Mopsa: “Now The Maids And The Men“ 28. Song: “When I Have Often Heard“ 29. A Dance Of Haymakers 30. Song And Chorus: “A Thousand Thousand Ways We’ll Find“ 31. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe Act IV 32. Symphony 33. Solo And Chorus: “Now The Night Is Chac’d Away“ 34. Duet: “Let The Fifes, And The Clarions“ 35. Entry Of Phoebus 36. Song: “When A Cruel Long Winter“-Chorus: “Hail! Great Parent Of Us All“ 37. Song: “Thus The Ever Grateful Spring“ (Spring) 38. Song: “Here’s The Summer, Sprightly, Gay (Summer) 39. Song: “See My Many Colour’d Fields“ (Autumn) 40. Song And Chorus: “Now Winter Comes Slowly“ (Winter) 41. Fourth Act Tune: Air Act V 42. Prelude 43. Epithalamium: “Thrice Happy Lovers“ 44. The Plaint: “O Let Me Weep“ 45. Entry Dance 46. Symphony 47. Song: “Thus The Gloomy World“ 48. Solo And Chorus: “Thus Happy And Free“ 49. Song: “Yes Daphne, In Your Looks I Find“ 50. Monkey’s Dance 51. Song: “Hark How All Things“ 52. Song And Chorus: “Hark! the Ech’ing Air“ 53. Duet And Chorus: “Sure The Dull God“ 54. Prelude 55. Solo: “See, See, I Obey“ 56. Duet “Turn Then Thine Eyes“ 57. Solo: “My Torch, Indeed“ 58. Trio: They Shall Be As Happy“ 59. Air 60. Chorus: “They Shall Be As Happy“ 61. Chaconne: Dance For Chinese Man And Woman