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Purcell and the Abbey Line

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

from Westminster
Abbey, music by Purcell and his predecessors at the Abbey. Simon Birchall (bass) Martin Baker (organ)
Westminster Abbey Choir New London Consort, conductor Martin Neary
Purcell Blow up the trumpet Anon Unxerunt Salamonen sadoc sacerdos
John Tyes Sanctus; Benedictus
William Comyshe Ave Maria Robert Whyte Christe qui lux es et dies
Edmund Hooper Behold, it is Christ
Orlando Gibbons Fantasia; 0 clap your hands together Henry Lawes Zadok the Priest
John Blow God is our hope and strength: Voluntary in A
Purcell They that go down to the sea;
Voluntary in D minor; 0 Lord God of Hosts
John Blow God spake sometime in visions

Contributors

Bass:
Simon Birchall
Bass:
Martin Baker
Unknown:
William Comyshe
Unknown:
Robert Whyte
Unknown:
Edmund Hooper
Unknown:
Henry Lawes Zadok
Unknown:
John Blow God
Source: Radio Times

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