Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Passacaille from Armide, Act 5, Scene 2
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Venez, venez, Haine implacable from Armide
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Overture, Medée
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Princesse, c'est sur vous que mon espoir se fonde from Medée
Michel Richard de Lalande: Suite No.5 from Symphonies pour les soupers du roi
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Quoi, la terre e le ciel from Hippolyte et Aricie
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Cruelle mère from Hippolyte et Aricie
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Entrée de Polymnie from Les Boréades
Interval
Henry Purcell: Chacony in G minor for strings
Henry Purcell: Suite from Dioclesian
Henry Purcell: Suite from Dido and Aeneas
Henry Purcell: When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas
Michel Lambert: Ombre de mon amant
Michel Lambert: Ma bergère est tendre et fidèle
Jean-Fery Rebel: La fantaisie, ballet
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Quel prix de mon amour from Medée

The Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers series continues with a programme that features the best of English and French Baroque and which demonstrates how French musical styles became fashionable in England too.

The programme includes music from French masters Lully and Rameau, including the Dardanus Suite which we defy you not to nod your head or tap your foot to.

Also included is the devastating lament from the Purcell's mini operatic masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas.

Fast rising star Jonathan Cohen conducts and the world-renowned soprano (and regular OAE collaborator) Sarah Connolly is the soloist.

Queen Elizabeth Hall at 5.45pm - OAE Extras. Sarah Connolly is interviewed by journalist and critic Edward Seckerson. Free.

Queen Elizabeth Hall post concert - The Aftershow. Join artists after the concert for an informal discussion and Q&A. Free.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Jonathan Cohen director
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano