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
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.
Jonathan Darbourne conductor
Malcolm Sinclair narrator
Vache Baroque Singers
Alex Potter, Guy Cutting, Betty Makharinsky, Tristan Hambleton, Jasmine Flicker Mariana Rodrigues*, Laura Toomey*, Alexander Semple*, William Harmer*
* Vache Baroque James Bowman Young Artist 2025
Vache Baroque Band
Sophia Prodanova leader
Programme
Peter Philips Galliard Dolorosa (composed in prison, 1593)
Oscar Wilde Reading: from De Profundis (written in prison, 1897)
John Wilbye Ye that do live in pleasures plenty (1598)
Wilde Reading: from De Profundis
Henry Purcell 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 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 from To Althea, from Prison (1642)
Hans Leo Hassler Mein G'mueth is mir verwirret (1601)
Wilde Reading: from De Profundis
J S Bach Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (1721) 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 arr Darbourne Herzlich tut mich verlangen (1897)
Wilde Reading: The Selfish Giant
Andre Campra De profundis (1723) Requiem Aeternam
