Friday 24 October, 19:30 at St Martin's Church
Out of the Deep
Exploring love, isolation and redemption in an absorbing journey of words and music inspired by Oscar Wilde
Date & Time: Friday 24 October, 19:30
Ticket price: £25 / £18; under 30s £12.50 / £9; under 12s free; £5 standing
Venue: St Martin's Church
Taking inspiration from the De Profundis letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment for ‘gross indecency’, this programme explores themes of love, isolation and redemption in an absorbing journey of words and music.
Poetry and prose from the 17th century to the modern day mix with solo songs by Purcell and two deeply searching De profundis psalm settings by Bach and Zelenka.
“An exceptional evening” ★★★★The Observer
“Vache Baroque has, once again, shown itself to be a class act and its flair for cultural synthesis and musical excellence makes this one of the UK’s hottest groups” Opera Today
“A richly satisfying evening” ★★★★ Plays to See
Vache Baroque
Jonathan Darbourne director
Malcolm Sinclair reader
Betty Makharinsky soprano
Alex Potter countertenor
Guy Cutting tenor
Jolyon Loy baritone
Jasmine Flicker soprano
Thomas Kelly tenor
David Le Prevost baritone
2025 James Bowman Young Artists:
Mariana Rodrigues soprano
Laura Toomey alto
Alexander Semple baritone
William Harmer bass-baritone
Sophia Prodanova leader, violin
Kate Fawcett viola
Felicia Graf viola
Jacob Garside viola da gamba, cello
Carina Cosgrave double bass
Oonagh Lee oboe, recorder
Joel Raymond oboe, recorder
Toby Carr theorbo
Makoto James organ
Dan Samsa sound installation designer
Programme
Peter Philips
c.1560-1628 Galliard Dolorosa (composed in prison, 1593)
Oscar Wilde
1854-1900 Reading: from De Profundis (written in prison, 1897)
John Wilbye
1574-1638 Ye that do live in pleasures plenty (1598)
Wilde Reading: from De Profundis
Henry Purcell
1659-1695 Sweeter than roses (1695)
Wilde Reading: from De Profundis
Purcell Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei (c.1680)
Wilde Reading: personal letter to Bosie Douglas
Purcell In the black dismal dungeon of despair (1688)
Wilde Reading: from De Profundis
Jan Dismas Zelenka
1679-1745 De Profundis (1724) 1st movement
Wilde Reading: from De Profundis
Zelenka De Profundis (1724) 2nd & 3rd movements
Wilde Reading: from De Profundis
Zelenka De Profundis (1724) 4th movement, Doxology
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Richard Lovelace
1617-1657 from To Althea, from Prison (1642)
Hans Leo Hassler
1564-1612 Mein G'mueth is mir verwirret (1601)
Wilde Reading: from De Profundis
Johann Sebastian Bach
1685-1750 Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (1707?) 1st & 2nd movements
Wilde Reading: from De Profundis
Bach Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (1721) 3rd, 4th & 5th movements
Wilde Reading: Desepoit
Johannes Brahms
1833-1897 arr Darbourne Herzlich tut mich verlangen (1897)
Wilde Reading: The Selfish Giant
André Campra
1660-1744 De profundis (1723) Requiem Aeternam