John Amis introduces choice and interesting performances by famous Purcellians of the recent past: two Fantasias and the Chacony in G minor for strings directed by Thurston Dart : an Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary performed by Patricia Clark and Ann Dowdall ; Jennifer Vyvyan singing The Blessed
Virgin's Expostulation;
George Malcolm introducing a selection of harpsichord pieces; Peter Pears , James Bowman and John Shirley -Quirk singing with Benjamin Britten at the piano; and a Trio Sonata directed by Arnold Goldsborough. Producer Patrick Lambert