4/5. Donald Macleod introduces the biggest and most glorious of Purcell's odes, Hail Bright Cecilia, written for the patron saint of music's celebrations of 1692. St Cecilia 's Day Ode: Hail, Bright Cecilia
Susan Hamilton and Siri Thornhill (sopranos), Robin Blaze and Martin van derZeijst
(countertenors), Mark Padmore (tenor), Jonathan Arnold , Peter Harvey and Jonathan Brown (basses), Collegium Vocale , director Philippe Herreweghe Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight