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The Hibernian Muse. Music for Ireland by Purcell and Cousser

6/24/2022, 39 Tracks, 1:10:06

Featuring

  • Peter Whelan
  • Maria Keohane
  • Anthony Gregory
  • Christopher Bowen
  • Aaron O'Hare
  • Pablo FitzGerald
  • Aisling Kenny
  • Sinéad O'Kelley
  • Sarah Thursfield
  • Irish Baroque Orchestra
  • Ensemble La Sestina
  • Henry Purcell
  • Johann Sigismund Kusser
  • Anonymous (Traditional)

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Composition History

Cousser's 'The Universal Applause of Mount Parnassus' is one of only three of his serenatas known to have survived, and its score is held at Oxford's Bodleian Library.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Cousser's serenata 'The Universal Applause of Mount Parnassus' includes four movements that are re-workings of arias from his German-language opera 'Erindo'.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Johann Sigismund Cousser, a Hungarian-born German musician, moved to Dublin in 1707 and became 'Chief Composer and Music Master' to the viceregal court by 1716.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Irish Baroque Orchestra, led by Artistic Director Peter Whelan, is Ireland's flagship period music ensemble and is resident at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

This album presents music from two festive events in Dublin around 1700: the centennial of Trinity College in 1694 and Queen Anne's birthday in 1711.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Cousser, who never met Purcell, owned a sizeable collection of Purcell's music and took some of it to Germany to exchange repertoire with colleagues.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Henry Purcell's 'Great parent, hail!' was an ode commissioned from Irish-born Poet Laureate Nahum Tate, a Trinity College graduate.

Source: Booklet

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