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Arrangement of Purcell’s duet from Orpheus Britannicus.
What can we poor females do
When pressing, teasing lovers sue?
What can we poor females do?
Fate affords no other way,
But denying or complying,
And relenting, or consenting,
Does alike our hopes betray.
The pdf file contains score and parts
The ornamentations and this performance are by Dr Robert David Billington with Emma Mellinger on 2nd flute
Note: the baroque flute is tuned at A=415. If played on a modern flute it will sound a semitone higher