Overture

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: Hail! bright Aurora! (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: How pleasant is ranging the Fields (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: But soft! What Nymph is this? (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Ah! sweet Adonis, form'd for joy! (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: O! bounteous Goddess! (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: With her alone I'll live and die (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: Your Leave, bright Goddess (Adonis, Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Swain, thy foolish sports give over (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: In vain of Love you praise the Joy (Adonis, Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Cease your vain teazing (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Accompagnato: Ah! Venus lost! (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Cupid! Cupid! bend thy Bow (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: Alas! alas! it will not be! (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: Hark! how the cheerful Horn (Adonis, Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: How silly's the heart of a woman (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: Such scorn and Insult can I bear? (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Farewel, Venus! Welcome pleasures! (Adonis, Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Prelude

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: From war's Alarms (Mars)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Beauty now alone shall move him (Mars)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: Down to these Woods descending (Mars, Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Gentle Slumbers (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: This way the jolly Huntsmens Hollow (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Chirping Warblers (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: But soft! he moves (Venus, Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: What Heart could now refuse thee (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: Ah! ruin'd! lost! (Venus, Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Thus the Brave from War returning (Mars)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: Ah! cruel Mars! (Venus, Mars, Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick, Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: On love what greater Curse can fall (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Chorus of huntsman, Recitative: Hark! Hark! Adonis, hark away! (Venus, Mars, Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick, Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Accompagnato: O fading joy! (Mars)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: O! Mars, unkind! (Venus, Mars)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick, Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: O! believe me! (Venus, Mars)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick, Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative: He's gone! (Venus, Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: O! welcome! welcome! gentle Death! (Adonis)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Recitative, accompagnato: He's gone – the flitting Soul is fled! (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

Aria: Let every tender Passion (Venus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Ciara Hendrick

Conductor: Robert Rawson

No more let mortal Heart (Chorus)

Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen

Performer: Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick, Richard Edgar-Wilson

Conductor: Robert Rawson