Conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
King Arthur, or The British Worthv was produced at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, in 1691. In addition to the music occurring during the course of the play, Purcell wrote instrumental music to be played before the rise of the curtain called ' first music '. ' second music ', and ' curtain tune ', and the ' act tunes ', or interludes. The present suite is selected from this instrumental music.