41st Annual
ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Saturday, July 2 :: 5 PM

Brentano String Quartet
Mark Steinberg, violin
Serena Canin, violin
Misha Amory, viola
Nina Lee, cello

Dawn Upshaw, soprano

OH LET ME WEEP, FROM THE FAIRY QUEEN, Z. 629 (1692)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695))

FANTASIA A 4, IN B-FLAT MAJOR, Z. 736 (1680)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695), arr. Mark Steinberg

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SUITE NO. 2 IN D MINOR/MAJOR, FOR FOUR VIOLS: FANTAZIE (c 1660) 
Matthew Locke (1621-3 – 1677)

COME AGAIN, SWEET LOVE DOTH NOW INVITE (1597)
John Dowland (1563-1626), (arr. Stephen Prutsman)

SUITE NO. 2, FOR FOUR VIOLS: COURANTE (c 1660) 
Matthew Locke (1621-3 – 1677)

CAN SHE EXCUSE MY WRONGS (1597)
John Dowland (1563-1626), (arr. Prutsman)

SUITE NO. 2, FOR FOUR VIOLS: AYRE (c 1660) 
Matthew Locke (1621-3 – 1677)

WEEP YOU NO MORE, SAD FOUNTAINS (1603)
John Dowland (1563-1626), (arr. Prutsman)

SUITE NO. 2, FOR FOUR VIOLS: SARABAND (c 1660) 
Matthew Locke (1621-3 – 1677)

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ALMAN
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

THOUGH AMARYLLIS DANCE IN GREEN (1588)
William Byrd (c1540-1623)

THE WITTY WANTON
Robert Johnson (c1583-1633)

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FANTASIA A 4, IN C MINOR, Z. 738 (1680)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

WHEN I AM LAID IN EARTH (‘DIDO’S LAMENT’) FROM DIDO AND AENEAS, Z. 626 (1689)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

:: INTERMISSION ::

“DIDO REIMAGINED” A RESPONSE TO PURCELL’S “LAMENT”
Melinda Wagner, composer; Stephanie Fleischmann, libretto
a monodrama for Dawn Upshaw & the Brentano String Quartet

Massachusetts premiere

Commissioned by:
Chamber Music Northwest
Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Rockport Music
Tisch Center for the Arts at 92nd St. Y
Wake Forest University - Secrest Artists Series
University of Maryland, Clarice Smith Center

GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY DAVID SCUDDER IN MEMORY OF MARIE-LOUISE SCUDDER

Thank you to our festival partner

— Program notes by Mark Steinberg, Stephanie Fleischmann and Keith Horner.