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Composer of the Week: Purcell

BBC Radio 3
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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

Contributors

Introduces:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Susan Hamilton
Sopranos:
Robin Blaze
Tenor:
Mark Padmore
Tenor:
Jonathan Arnold
Tenor:
Peter Harvey
Basses:
Jonathan Brown
Basses:
Collegium Vocale
Director:
Philippe Herreweghe
Source: Radio Times

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