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1995 Festival
Music of England
June 13-18, 1995

Fully-staged Operatic Centerpiece
King Arthur
Music by Henry Purcell
Libretto by John Dryden

Peter Holman & Paul O’Dette, Musical Directors
Jack Edwards, Stage Director
James Middleton, Set & Costume Designer
Ken Pierce, Choreographer

Cast
Stephen Russell, King Arthur
Fleming Brooks, Oswald
Jon-Daniel Durbin, Conon
Michael Antonakes, Merlin
Lou Solomon, Osmond
Bill Toma Ledbetter, Aurelius
Aaron Lyons, Albanact
Ian Dowell, Guillamar
Carol Symes, Emmeline
Ingrid Schorr, Matilda
Rachel Fetler, Philidel
Jared Voos, Grimbald
Chorus: Christine Brandes, Julia Gooding, Ellen Hargis & Suzie LeBlac, sopranos
Daniel Taylor & Brian Link, countertenors
Alan Bennett & William Hite, tenors
Jeffrey Johnson & Nathaniel Watson, baritones
Curtis Streetman, bass
Dancers: Michael Cedrone, Wesley Chinn, Peter Kalmus & Brent Ranalli, Officers & Soldiers: Ken Pierce, Susan Liu, Blake Meike, Bruce Roberts, Victoria Solomon & Melinda Sullivan
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
June 13, 14, 16, 17 & 18
Emerson Majestic Theatre, Boston

Individual Concerts

Anonymous 4
The Lilly & the Lamb

Fretwork
Twin Peaks

The BEMF Orchestra
John Holloway
, leader
Music from the London Pleasure Gardens


Han Tol, recorder & Andrew Lawrence-King, harpsichord, organ & harp
Upon a Ground

Paul Nicholson, harpsichord
A Choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord


Late Night Concerts

LiveOak & Company
After Theatre & So to the Taverne

BEMF Opera Soloists & Orchestra
Hark! How the Wild Musicians Sing: Symphony Songs by Blow & Purcell

The Harp Consort
Exquisite Consorts: Masqueing Songs, Consort Suites & A Musical Cat-Fight by William Lawes

Fretwork & Friends
A Tableau of Tudor & Jacobean Life

Andrew Lawrence-King, harps and Anne Azéma, soprano
The Willow Song: Ballads & Dances to the Irish Harp

Masterclasses

Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord
Paul O’Dette, lute
Fretwort, viols & English Consort Music
Han Tol, recorder
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

Symposia

Demstifying Recording – Black Boxes, CDs, Radio & Demos
de gustibus…The Art & Æsthetics of Recording Acoustics, Producers, Labels & Broadcasters
Purcell & the Orchestra
King Arthur & the Semi-Opera
The Early Music Trades: Some of the Financial Challenges