Late evening in Devon. Blackbird and thrush sing their last tribute to the dying day. In the medieval splendour of Dartington Great Hall the lights are dimmed, and the sombre but glittering tones of a harpsichord take over from the birds’ calls and carry an audience into the gathering darkness.

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This CD recaptures the atmosphere, and much of the music, of a recent, memorable concert. It presents, in a continuously linked sequence of diverse but musically related pieces, an introspective exploration of mood.

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Track list:

1. Prelude - evening

2. Jean Henry D’Anglebert (1628-91): Prelude in G minor

3. Armand-Louis Couperin (1725-89): Allemande in G major

4. Johann Mattheson (1681-1764): Air in G minor (12 Suites of 1714)

5. Link

6. Louis Couperin (c1626-1661): Prelude in F major

7. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788): Andante (Sonata in F major W62/6)

8. Link

9. D’Anglebert Prelude in D minor

10. Link

11. J S Bach (1685-1750): Chaconne in A minor (arr.Booth, from violin Partita in D minor)

12. François Couperin (1668-1733): Prelude in A major (l’Art de Toucher le Clavecin)

13. Louis Andriessen: Overture to Orpheus (1981-2)

14. Louis Couperin: Passacaille in G minor

15. Postlude - towards night