For centuries, humans have been threatened by plague and other mass afflictions. Maladies were seen as a population's punishment from a higher power. During times of deep uncertainty, it is natural to feel fear, grief, loneliness, and longing. However, history (and music) records that those afflicted also experienced profound love, deepened friendships, new outlooks, and—in some cases—awe of their resourcefulness and survival.

Seraphic Fire’s intention with Still. Here. is to honor music created during various times of trouble and malady, and to illustrate the hope that endures. November’s in-home presentation incorporates stunning choral and solo performances that are made more relevant by the in-depth research, poetry, and period art that will accompany them.

Program
Stella caeli extirpavit — Anonymous

To Madame Curie — Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson

Ah, Robin, gentle Robin — William Cornysh

The Lady's Yes — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Pastime with good company — Henry VIII of England

To His Wife — General Su Wu, transl. Arthur Waley

Branle and Galliarde — Pierre Attaingnant

The May Night — Alfred de Musset, transl. Emma Lazarus

Super flumina babylonis — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Whoso List to Hunt — Sir Thomas Wyatt

Sicut cervus — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Love (III) — George Herbert

Lamento della Ninfa — Claudio Monteverdi

Thou Art My Lute — Paul Laurence Dunbar

Wilson’s Wilde / A Toy — Anonymous

Sonnet LXV — William Shakespeare

Come again, sweet love —John Dowland

Winter's Night — Alexander Pushkin

The Poore People’s Complaynt — Anon., Shirburn Ballads

Hope is the thing with feathers — Emily Dickinson

Never weather-beaten sail — Thomas Campion

November 2020
Audio Engineer: Jamie Tagg
Video Production: Enrico Lagasca
Head of Production: Alexis Aimé
Producer/Director: Southern Land Films
Executive Producer: Patrick Dupré Quigley
A Seraphic Fire Media Production (SFM™)