More clues... sorry if this is a pain of a question! Two of the three composers have been named: Handel and Vivaldi. The third was also an Italian.
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Can you finish, mercs?
And indeed who was Imeneo?"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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some pirate-slaying dude with an eye for the ladies (caliban in a former life ?), not (apparently) to be confused with Idomeneo, if I've understood wikipediaOriginally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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No, but originally, in mythology...Originally posted by mercia View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Oh, for goodness sake mercia! We all have delicate bits! Is it the God of Marriage? Look, by answeering this I am missing the match!Originally posted by mercia View Post
Hymen ?
this really is a lady's questionComment
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Oh she is strict !!Originally posted by Anna View Post
Well Imeneo (named indeed after the God of Marriage) is the I... just 2 more to get. Don't be fooled by a name into thinking that Nicola had ladies' delicate bits. Remember you are dealing with an Italian!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Nicola Porpora - Imeneo in AteneComment
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Originally posted by mercia View Post
and....."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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........ Gloria e Imeneo - Vivaldi wedding cantata (RV 687)Comment
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Well done, mercs - good chipping!
Yup - Imeneo
Handel and his rival Porpora up in Lincoln's Inn Fields both wrote operas with that in the title, and as you say Vivaldi used the name in the title of his wedding cantata!
You are the proud owner of a nice shiny J ! I know you'll be delighted!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostI know you'll be delighted!
yeah right. there may be a hiatus while I think (unless anyone else ???? )
must admit I'd never heard of Porpora
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But you love it! Goodness, way France are playing at the mo, do they want Ireland to win?Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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J linking
- a Welsh baritone (with an actress daughter) who made his operatic debut as the Herald in Lohengrin
- P P Pond
- a musicologist, expert on MonteverdiComment
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