A series of eight programmes devoted to the works of Purcell
Edited by Anthony Lewis
Elsie Suddaby (soprano)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Duncan Thomson (counter-tenor)
David Franklin (bass)
Geraint Jones (harpsichord)
David Willcocks (organ)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
Conducted by Anthony Lewis
Anthem with string accompaniment:
I will give thanks unto thee. 0 Lord
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, 1694:
Come. ye sons of Art. away
This is the first of a series of eight programmes devoted to Purcell; four of them consisting of orchestral and choral music, and four of chamber music. They have been devised by Anthony Lewis , whose Music Anthology series was broadcast in the Third Programme last season. Besides Don Quixote , The Tempest, and the ' Ode for St. Cecilia's Day' (1683), Purcell Anthology will include several of the ' Welcome Songs ' (which are scarcely ever heard), a number of the vocal, duets, and the twelve ' Sonatas of Three Parts'