Loki Music

This year's season of early music concerts in Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare will open with Baroque music by Francois Couperin [1668 - 1733] and his contemporaries, performed by The Lovekyn Consort using period instruments. 

 

The Lovekyn Consort

April Fredrick - Soprano

Patricia Hammond - Mezzo Soprano

William Summers - Baroque Flute, Recorder

Ibrahim Aziz - Bass Viol

Stephen Carpenter - Lute

Programme

1 Marc-Antoine Charpentier [1643 - 1704]: Jesu Corona Virgine

2 Francois Couperin [1668 - 1733]: Air Tendre

3 Charpentier: ‘O pretiosum admirabile convivium’ H 254

4 Jean-Baptiste Lully [1632 - 1687]: Trios de la Chambre du Roi [1 - 4] LWV 35

5 Pelham Humfrey [1647 - 1674]: A Hymne to God the Father [text by John

Donne [1571 - 1631]

6 Girolamo Frescobaldi [1583 - 1643]: Sonata Quarta [Venice, 1634]

7 Frescobaldi: Madalena de la Croce

8 Charpentier: Symphony in G minor H 529

INTERVAL

9 Couperin: 3rd. Lecon de Tenebre

10 Charpentier: Prelude in G minor H 520

'Pour O filii' H 511

11 Charpentier: Regina Caeli H 32

12 Le Sieur de Machy [fl. 1655 - 1700]: Prelude in D minor

13 Charpentier: Veni Sponsa Christi H 17

 

Texts and translations

Jesu Corona Virginum (Hymn)

Iesu corona Virginum

quem mater illa concipit

quae sola Virgo parturit

haec vota clemens accipe.

Merciful Jesus, crown of virgins,

Whom that one mother bore

Who conceived though virgin,

Hear this our prayer.

Qui pascis inter lilia

septus choreis Virginum

sponsas decorans gloria

sponsisque reddens praemia.

You who nourish among the lilies,

Surrounded with choirs of virgins,

Adorning brides with glory,

Rendering to Bridegrooms their rewards.

Quocumque pergis Virgines

sequuntur atque laudibus

post te canentes cursitant

hymnosque dulces personant.

Wherever you go, virgins

Follow and with praises

Hasten singing after you,

And sound forth sweet hymns.

Te deprecamur largius

nostris ad auge sensibus

nescire prorsus omnia

corruptionis vulnera.

We beseech you

To enhance more fully our feelings

So as no longer to know all

The wounds of corruption.

Laus, honor, virtus gloria

Deo Patri et Filio,

sancto simul paraclito

in saeulorum saeculaPraise, honor, virtue, glory

To God the Father and to the Son,

Together with the Holy Advocate

For ever and ever.

O pretiosum et admirabile convivium (Motet for the Elevation)

O pretiosum et admirabile convivium et salubritate repletum

ubi Christus in potum prositus et in edulium.

O precious and admirable banquet, filled with health,

where Christ is offered as drink and as food.

A Hymne to God The Father (words by John Donne)

Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun

Which is my sin though it were done before?

Wilt thou forgive those sins, through which I run

And do run still, though still I do deplore?

When thou hast done, thou hast not done

For I have more

Wilt thou forgive that sin by which I've won

Others to sin? And made my sin their door?

Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun

A year or two: but wallow'd in, a score?

When thou hast done, thou hast not done

For I have more

I have a sin of fear, that when I've spun

My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;

But swear by thy self, that at my death thy Son

Shall shinе as he shines now, and herеtofore;

And having done that, thou hast done

I fear no more

Maddalena alla Croce (Magdalene at the Cross):

https://oxfordsong.org/song/maddalena-alla-croce

The 3rd Leçon de Tenebres (from the Lamentations of Jeremiah)

IOD.

Manum suam misit hostis ad omnia desiderabilia ejus, quia vidit gentes ingressas

sanctuarium suum, de quibus præceperas ne intrarent in ecclesiam tuam.

The enemy has stretched out his hands over all her precious things; she has seen

the nations invade her sanctuary, those whom thou didst forbid to enter thy

congregation.

CAPH.

Omnis populus ejus gemens, et quærens panem; dederunt pretiosa quæque pro cibo

ad refocillandam animam. Vide, Domine, et considera quoniam facta sum vilis!All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to

relieve their souls. “Look, O Lord, and behold, for I am despised.”

LAMED.

O vos omnes qui transitis per viam, attendite, et videte si est dolor sicut dolor meus!

quoniam vindemiavit me, ut locutus est Dominus, in die iræ furoris sui.

Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my

sorrow which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce

anger.

MEM.

De excelso misit ignem in ossibus meis et erudivit me: expandit rete pedibus meis:

convertit me retrorsum: posuit me desolatam tota die mærore confectam.

From on high he sent fire; and has chastised me; he spread a net under my feet; he

turned me back; he has left me desolate, and overburdened with sorrow all the day

long.

NUN.

Vigilavit jugum iniquitatum mearum; in manu ejus convolutæ sunt, et impositæ collo

meo; infirmita est virtus mea: dedit me Dominus in manu, de qua non potero surgere.

Jerusalem, convertare ad Dominum Deum tuum.

The yoke of my iniquities weighs me down; they are folded together in his hand and

made into a collar; my strength is weakened: the Lord has delivered me into the

hands of those against whom I cannot rise up. Jerusalem, turn to the Lord your God.

Regina Caeli

Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia.

Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.

Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia.

Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.

For he, whom you did merit to bear, alleluia.

Has risen as he said, alleluia.

Pray for us to God, alleluia.

Veni Sponsa Christi

Veni sponsa Christi, accipe coronam quam tibi Dominus praeparavit in aeternum.

Come, bride of Christ, accept the crown that the Lord has prepared for you in

eternity.

Admission is cheaper if tickets are booked in advance: £14 full price and £8 for under-18s, students and Temple volunteers. You can buy tickets by clicking HERE.

Tickets on the door cost £16. Payment in advance is also possible by cash or cheque made out to Loki Music in an envelope left at Garrick's Temple. All are welcome to attend these concerts: no prior knowledge is required - just a willingness to listen.

 

Refreshments will be served at the Loggia nearby, and there will be opportunities to talk to the musicians after the performance.