A programme of words and music by Purcell and his contemporaries devised by ChrisTOPHER HOGWOOD and RICHARD LUCKETT ian richardson (reader)
JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) SIMON STANDAGE ( baroque violin) ELEANOR SLOAN (baroque violin) OLIVER BROOKES
(viola da gamba)
CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD
(harpsichord and organ) Part 1
2.45* Interval Reading
2.55* Homage to Henry Purcell Part 2
(Given before an invited audience at the Broadcasting Centre. Birmingham, last November)
(Ian Richardson is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)