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Andreas Scholl and Tamar Halperin

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Haakon's Hall (Håkonshallen)Bergenhus Festning, Bergen, Hordaland, 5835, Norway

Dates/times in Oslo time zone

Festival: Bergen International Festival

Programme

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Oedipus: Music for a While, Z 583 no.2
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	O Solitude, Z 406
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Sweeter than roses, Z 585
Dowland, John (1563-1626)	I saw my Lady weepe
Dowland, John (1563-1626)	Sorrow stay
Dowland, John (1563-1626)	Say, love, if ever thou didst find
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Suite de pièce in F major, Vol 1 no. 2, HWV 427 (movements 1 and 2)
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Ombra mai fù
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Rodelinda, RWV19: Pompe vane di morte... Dove sei, amato bene?
Traditional	I will give my love an apple
Traditional	Down by the Salley Gardens
Traditional	Waly, waly
Traditional	My Love is like a red, red Rose, based on poem by R Burns
Campion, Thomas (1567-1620)	I care not for these ladies
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)	The Wanderer, Hob XXVIa:32
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)	Recollection, Hob XXVIa:26
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)	Despair, Hob XXVIa:28

Performers

Andreas Scholl	Countertenor
Tamar Halperin	Harpsichord, Piano

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English songs of love and melancholy - Andreas Scholl in Norway

Travis Mason, 3rd June

If one had idly wondered how a programme of English love songs, sung by a German, would be received by a Norwegian audience, in a wet and windy Bergen, the answer came loud and clear at this week's International Festival.