Unusually, this was an afternoon, not an evening concert. It had a very geeky name for a very beautiful concert.
Technically speaking – geeky people took great pains to point out when we all celebrated the new millennium on 31 December 1999 – as there had not been a year zero – the real millennium must be 31 December 2000. The fact that calendars had changed, days added and all sorts was put to one side for those who wanted to celebrate the new millennium on 31 December 2000.
Janie and I just wanted to see this lovely concert and we were not disappointed. We were very keen on Florilegium and Emma Kirkby and the programme was enticing:
- Antonio Lucio Vivaldi – Flute Concerto “La Notte” in G minor Op 10 No 2
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Susser Trost, mein Jesus kommt from Cantata BWV 151
- Arcangelo Corelli – Trio Sonata in D major Op 1 No 12
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – Salve Regina in C minor
- George Frideric Handel – Sweet Bird from L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
- Henry Purcell – The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace
- Henry Purcell – Music for a While
- Henry Purcell – Suite from The Fairy Queen
Here is a nice vid of James Galway with the Ventian Soloisti under Claudio Scimoni playing La Notte:
Here’s Maria Keohane singing Susser Trost – very Christmassy it sounds to me:
Here is the start of the Pergolesi Salve Regina performed by Florilegium, with Robin Blaze, not with Emma Kirkby. I love this album, which I think I bought at that time – possibly that very night.
Here’s a link to the whole album on YouTube Music.
Here’s Emma Kirkby singing Sweet Bird, with the Academy for Ancient Music under Christopher Hogwood – then Music For A While.
Oh boy, can she sing.
I don’t think Florilegium and Emma Kirkby have ever recorded together, so you’ll just need to take our word for it that the combination for the real millennium was the real deal…
…or, as we put it in my log:
Super.