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eX – Motion of the Heart

A N T I M A S Q U E
Ballet dés Chirugiéns
Humanity, Dr. Christiaan Barnard, Surgeons, Sir William Harvey.

MUSIC:
Sit Fast
Christopher Tye (c.1505 – c. 1572)

P R O L O G U E
Entrée de la Raison, Entrée de la Passion
La Passion, La Raison, Charles Prince of Wales with a Mask.

MUSIC:
Overture ‘Les Festes de Baccus’, Anon (1651)

In Nomine ‘Crye’, Christopher Tye

A C T  I

Scene i

ON LOVE & PASSION
The Romantic and Erotic Heart
La Passion, La Raison, Cailín, Oscar Wilde, Orfeo, Euridice, Chorus.

TEXT:
Excerpt from The Nightingale and the Rose, Oscar Wilde (Dates)

MUSIC:
Donal Óg Traditional Irish Lament
Excerpts from Orfeo Luigi Rossi  (1646)

Scene ii

ON REASON & SCIENCE
The Anatomical and Scientific Heart
La Raison, La Passion, Sir William Harvey

TEXT:
Excerpt from De Motu Cordis Sir William Harvey (1628).

MUSIC:

My Heart and Tongue were Twins, John Dowland
All you Forsaken Lovers Come, Alphonso Ferrbosco II
When I am Dead, John Wilson
Go Nightly Cares, John Dowland
Hope of my Heart, John Ward
Hark, how in every Grove, William Lawes
Fear not dear Love, Henry Lawes

FINALE ACT I
Entrance of Hank Williams Sr.

MUSIC:
Your Cheating Heart     Hank Williams (1952)

A C T  II

Scene i

ON RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
The Sacred Heart
The Virgin Mary, Priests, Mary Magdalene, La Passion, La Raison,

TEXT:

MUSIC:

Ballet Comique, Anon (1651)
Nisi Dominus, Giovanni Antoni Rigatti
Litanie de la Vierge     Marco- Antione Charpentier (1643–1704)

ENTRACT
Entrance of Janis Joplin.
Janis Joplin and chorus.

MUSIC:
Piece Of My Heart (1968) Jerry Ragovoy & Bert Berns (1968)

Scene ii
ON ART AND BEAUTY
Frida Kalho, chorus.

MUSIC:

La Vida Callada, Clara Sanabras
Guarda la Fiera, Antonio de Salazar
No haya más dulce alegria, Gaspar Fernandes
Si nos enprestara oy Dios, Gaspar Fernandes
Al dormir el sol, Sebastián Durón
Dame albricia mano Anton, Gaspar Fernandez

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