Today Purcell finds himself at the centre of a disastrous lottery scheme, designed to entice the great and good of his day to win the ultimate scholarly education. There are more successful business ventures too, not least his tie-up with the Playford printing dynasty, seeing recognition and circulation for the composer long after his death. And we also meet an adventurous publishing mogul whose bizarre death would bring tears to any eye. With Donald Macleod.

arr Pluhar: Strike the Viol
L'Arpeggiata
Christine Pluhar, director

Blow, blow, Boreas
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
David Thomas, bass

Almand
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

Suite no 8 in F Z 669
Robert Woolley, harpsichord

In guilty night Z 134
Paul Agnew, tenor
Claire Debono, soprano
Konstantin Wolff, bass

Raise, Raise the Voice Z 334
Barbara Borden, soprano
Douglas Nasrawi, tenor
Simon Grant, bass,
Tragicomedia
Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley, directors

Gentle Shepherds, you that know ('Pastoral Elegy on the Death of Mr John Playford') Z 464 Susan Gritton, soprano,
Michael George, bass

Producer: Michael Surcombe. Show less