Dido’s Lament (When I am Laid) film inspired by Coldplay | Helen Charlston - Remember me - Purcell

With credit to Jamie Thraves, the Director behind the Coldplay video for ’The Scientist’. In our latest digital adventure, we play with expectations of genre in this remake of Coldplay’s hit music video ’The Scientist’, with Purcell’s tragic ‘When I am Laid’ from Dido and Aeneas. The result is a modern-day drama, recorded around London. Watch the original Coldplay video here: Featuring OAE’s Rising Stars alumnus, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, our film is the second in a series of visually captivating remakes of iconic pop videos with baroque arias, to celebrate the enduring power of music, whatever the age. Watch the first of our music video remake series featuring Baritone James Newby singing Handel’s Cara Pianta, inspired by Radiohead here: If music is good, it’s good regardless of its genre. Love Coldplay. Love Purcell. Love Music. This film is sponsored by Mark Allen Group, Gramophone. _______________________________ To find out more about this project please join us for a Zoom Webinar Thu 11 Mar 2021 | 6pm with Helen Charlston and James Newby. Helen and James will be joining us to talk about their experience as Rising Stars of the OAE, their careers so far, and taking us behind the scenes of this music video project. RSVP via the following link - we’d love to see you there!’ with a link here: _______________________________ With thanks to the OAE musicians Violin I Matthew Truscott Violin II Margaret Faultless Viola Annette Isserlis Cello Sarah McMahon Double Bass Liz Bradley Oboe Katharina Spreckelsen Sarah Humphreys Bassoon Györgyi Farkas Harpsichord Steven Devine Keyboard Keith McGowan Digital and Technical Director Zen Grisdale Engineer Dave Hinitt If you enjoy our videos, please subscribe. It is free to you and it would mean a lot to us: Website: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: