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Composer of the Week: Purcell

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2/5. Donald Macleod looks at Purcell's music on the occasion of the death of Charles II, and subsequently for the succession of James II. Let Us, Kind Lesbia , Give Away; Beneath a Dark and Melancholy Grove Barbara Bonney and Susan Gritton (sopranos), Michael George (bass), Members of the King's Consort They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships
Matthew Bright (countertenor), David Thomas (bass), Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Choir, the English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock IfPray'rs and Tears Susan Gritton (soprano), Members of the King's Consort
My Heart Is Inditing a Good Matter Oxford New College Choir, conductor Edward Higginbottom Ground in D minor; Sefauchi 's Farewell; Suite in D Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
James Ii.
Unknown:
Kind Lesbia
Unknown:
Barbara Bonney
Sopranos:
Susan Gritton
Sopranos:
Michael George
Bass:
David Thomas
Director:
Trevor Pinnock
Soprano:
Susan Gritton
Conductor:
Edward Higginbottom
Source: Radio Times

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