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The Mad Lover, so very beautiful
The Mad Lover, as its title suggests, is originally a play written in the Elizabethan era by John Fletcher, a dramatist whose fame had nothing to envy to that of his contemporary William Shakespeare.
Its theme is madness, melancholy and despair in the face of unsatisfied love.
The piece was revived at the end of the seventeenth century in a version enhanced with masks, the music of which was entrusted to John Eccles.
The association of the violin and the lute in particular highlights the intimate character of this music, while playing on originality, the synergy of these instruments is not the most frequent either. This absolutely magnificent, almost bewitching work offers us a quintessence of virtuosity, serenity, of sensitivity and exuberance at the same time.
The violin and the lute join wonderfully in an intimate vision of English music, halfway between scholar and popular music, and around the theme of love madness.
In conclusion, there are evidence still many treasures to be discovered and to revive in libraries which have not yet revealed all their secrets in this rich musical era. The first Baroque period is magnificent.
Lucien Marine
The Mad Lover, as its title suggests, is originally a play written in the Elizabethan era by John Fletcher, a dramatist whose fame had nothing to envy to that of his contemporary William Shakespeare.
Its theme is madness, melancholy and despair in the face of unsatisfied love.
The piece was revived at the end of the seventeenth century in a version enhanced with masks, the music of which was entrusted to John Eccles.
The association of the violin and the lute in particular highlights the intimate character of this music, while playing on originality, the synergy of these instruments is not the most frequent either. This absolutely magnificent, almost bewitching work offers us a quintessence of virtuosity, serenity, of sensitivity and exuberance at the same time.
The violin and the lute join wonderfully in an intimate vision of English music, halfway between scholar and popular music, and around the theme of love madness.
In conclusion, there are evidence still many treasures to be discovered and to revive in libraries which have not yet revealed all their secrets in this rich musical era. The first Baroque period is magnificent.
Lucien Marine
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