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Arie Abbenes

Henry Purcell and the Carillon Opera

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Arie Abbenes

Who would have thought that Purcell’s operas Dido and Aeneas, King Arthur and The Fairy-Queen would sound so fantastic on carillon? Arie Abbenes plays suites from these iconic works. From dramatic highlights to catchy tunes, each opera is given a new twist by the sounds of the city’s largest instrument.

Listening spot: Buurkerkhof

Programme

  • Selections from operas by Henry Purcell 1659-1695 / arr. Arie Abbenes

  • Dido and Aeneas

    Ouverture, adagio-quick

    Scene: The Cave
    Prelude for the witches
    Harm’s our delight
    Chorus in the manner of an echo
    Echo dance of Furies

    1688
  • King Arthur, or the British Worthy

    Frost scene
    Passacaglia, How happy the lover
    Song, Your hay it is mowed
    Song, Love has a thousand ways to please

    1691
  • The Fairy-Queen

    Air, rondeau
    Scene of the drunken poet
    Entrance of secrecy
    Solo and Chorus, Now the night
    Song, Hark how all things

    1692
  • Dido and Aeneas

    Scene – The Ships
    Prelude
    Come away fellow sailors
    Sailors dance

    Chorus, Great minds against themselves conspire
    Dido’s Lament, When I am laid
    Chorus, With drooping wings

    Programme subject to change

    1688

Musicians

  • Arie Abbenes carillon

About the performer

Arie Abbenes (1944) studied at the Hilversum Conservatory and the Mechelen Carillon School, graduating with high distinction. He won several first prizes in carillon competitions. From 1985 to 2011, he was the city carillonneur of Utrecht, playing the Hemony carillon. He taught at the Brabants Conservatory and the Dutch Carillon School. Currently, he works as a freelance carillonneur, arranger, and advisor for carillon restorations.

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