Hayes, W: The Passions

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...the qualities of Hayes's composition emerge impressively in this excellent performance...Rooley's direction conveys the narrative of the ode astutely and demonstrates that Hayes's imaginative... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2010 More…

Release Date: 24th May 2010
Catalogue No: GCD922501
Label: Glossa
Series: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Length: 75 minutes

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Hayes, W: The Passions

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Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Ulrike Hofbauer (soprano), David Munderloh (tenor), Lisandro Abadie (bass), Sumihito Uesugi (countertenor)
Chor de Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basel
Anthony Rooley

Part I: Overture

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Part I: Air:

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Part I: Air:

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Part I: Recitativo accompagnato: When music, heav'nly maid, was young

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Part I: Song: First Fear his hand (Fear)

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Part I: Song: Next Anger Rushed (Anger)

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Part I: Song: With woeful measures (Despair)

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Part I: Recitative: But thou, O Hope

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Part I: Song: Still it whispered promised pleasure (Hope)

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Part I: Recitative: And longer had she sung

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Part I: Song: He threw his blood-stained sword (Revenge)

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Part I: Revenge impatient rose (Chorus)

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Part II: Symphony

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Part II: Recitative: Thy numbers, Jealousy

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Part II: Song: Of differing themes (Jealousy)

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Part II: Song: With eyes upraised (Melancholy)

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Part II: Recitative: But Oh, how altered

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Part II: Song: When Cheerfulness (Cheerfulness, Chorus)

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Part II: Recitative: Last came Joy

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Part II: Song: He with viney crown advancing (Joy, Chorus)

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Part II: Recitativo accompagnato: But ah! Madness away

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Part II: Song: In vain each seeks (Reason)

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Part II: Thy wilde extended power (Chorus)

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Recorded in the Volkshaus Basel, Switzerland, October 2008.

During the course of the Age of Enlightenment a rather special, indeed unique, occasion took place (on July 6, 1750, to be exact) with the first performance – in Oxford as part of a University celebration there – of a composition by William Hayes to a well-known humanist text: The Passions, An Ode for Music (written in 1746 by William Collins).

In those days the detailed study of human passions and feelings was an omnipresent theme in the worlds of science and art. With such a backdrop, the poetry of Collins and the music of Hayes join together to create a captivating work which manifests a deep understanding of human nature, is packed tight with philosophical references and which enjoys a subtly sharp dry sense of humour, known beyond the Isles’ shores as British ... The result is a ‘dramatic oratorio’ of the greatest musical quality, which combines the language of the late Baroque with elements of the style galante and which even allows one a glimpse of the arrival of Classicism. In a series of consistently original and surprising mini-scenes, ten ‘passions’ become involved in theatrical disputes (among them Fear, Revenge, Melancholy, Hope and Cheerfulness). Anthony Rooley is responsible for the rediscovery of this significant work and here leads a performance with soloists and ensembles closely linked with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, in the first release of a new collection directed by Glossa and the Swiss establishment, the leading educational and research centre in the field of early music.

Reviews

September 2010

...the qualities of Hayes's composition emerge impressively in this excellent performance...Rooley's direction conveys the narrative of the ode astutely and demonstrates that Hayes's imaginative music is long overdue such tender loving cares.

September 2010

The sheer inventiveness of Hayes's imitative writing is at the heart of the immediate and enduring appeal of The Passions...the performance may be marked by a winning, youthful enthusiasm, but standards from this international cast of fresh talent are entirely professional.

11th July 2010

Hayes’s score, which Rooley encountered in the British Museum, is inventive, expressive, vividly orchestrated, and here sung and played with the right mix of discipline and spontaneity.

30th May 2010

Although the score is full of Handelian resonances, it has a real character of its own and manages to be both smoothly lyrical and wildly pictorial, performed with splendid sprightliness by forces from Basle under early music veteran Anthony Rooley.

5th June 2010

...this tale of emotions harmonised in music is hugely enjoyable, and in parts dazzling. Try the songs Cheerfulness and Joy, brimming with English vigour; while Melancholy charms with wonderful atmospheric beauty. The two sopranos steal the honours among the Basel forces.

The Independent on Sunday 25th July 2010

[Hayes] is revealed as a significant talent in this rendition of The Passions...Varied instrumentation, jubilant choruses, seductive arias and dazzling recitatives should bring him belated fame.

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