Live coverage of a concert markingthe 300th anniversary of the death of Henry Purcell. The concert comes from Westminster
Abbey, where Purcell was organist and where he is buried, and features music spanningfive centuries by Byrd.Elgar, Gibbons, Handel, Britten, and Purcell.
Martin Neary conducts the New
London Consort and the Choir of Westminster Abbey; and Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony
Orchestra and Chorus, and the Nash Ensemble. The soloists are Emma
Kirkby, James Bowman ,
David Wilson-Johnson and Robin Leggate. Introduced by Nicholas Kenyon.
There is a simultaneous broadcast on Radio 3. See page 130fordetails. See today's choices.
Director Jonathan Fulford ; Series editor
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