Rachel Baptist - Ireland’s Black Syren / Redmond, Whelan, Irish Baroque Orchestra

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Label
Linn Records
Release Date
May 24, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Francesco Geminiani, George Frideric Handel, Niccolo Pasquali, Henry Purcell
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Irish Baroque Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Peter Whelan, Rachel Redmond
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 24, 2024
    • UPC
      691062074025
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CKD740
    • LABEL
      Linn Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    2. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    3. III. Menuetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    4. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part I: Air: Mirth, admit me of thy crew

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Redmond

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    5. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Part I: Arioso: Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Redmond

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    6. La Marche

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    7. Recitative: Alla caccia, alla caccia

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Redmond

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    8. Aria: Foriera la tromba

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Redmond

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    9. Coro: Alla caccia

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Aisling Kenny, Rachel Redmond

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Nicolo Pasquali

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    11. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Nicolo Pasquali

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    12. III. Presto

      Composer: Nicolo Pasquali

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    13. The Triumphs of Hibernia: Let Earth and Air and Ocean

      Composer: Nicolo Pasquali

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Redmond

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    14. The Nymphs of the Spring: Nature First Played Well Her Part

      Composer: Nicolo Pasquali

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Redmond

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    15. Concerto Grosso in D Minor (after Corelli's Sonata, Op. 5, No. 12, "La Follia")

      Composer: Francesco Geminiani

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Whelan

    16. King Arthur, Z. 628, "The British Worthy", Act V: Fairest Isle, all isles excelling

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Irish Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Redmond

      Conductor: Peter Whelan


As champion of music from Ireland, Peter Whelan and his Irish Baroque Orchestra give a rare glimpse into a fascinating figure of the eighteenth-century Dublin music scene. Who was Rachel Baptist? Not much is known of the ‘Celebrated Black Syren’, other than she was a soprano of African descent and born in Ireland, sang regularly in Dublin, London, Liverpool, and other cities, and performed alongside famed castrato Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci. The program includes works that Baptist might have performed at the ‘Grand Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Musick’ held in 1752, including arias by Handel, Pasquali (a couple of premiere recordings), Purcell, and some additional instrumental pieces. The ‘resplendent’ Rachel Redmond (The New York Times) is the soprano.