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Composer of the Week: Purcell

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5/5. Donald Macleod introduces The
Indian Queen- Purcell's last substantial work before his death in 1695. If Music Be the Food of Love
Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Mark Caudle (bass viol), David Miller (archlute)
In Guilty Night Emily van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Simon Grant
(bass), Members of the Taverner Consort, conductor Andrew Parrott
Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary: 0 Dive Custos Auricae Domus Carys Lane and Libby Crabtree (sopranos), Orchestra of the Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The Indian Queen, Acts 3,4 and 5 (excerpts) Gillian Fisher and Rosemary Hardy
(sopranos), John Elwes and Martyn Hill
(tenors), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), David Thomas (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Introduces:
Donald MacLeod
Tenor:
Mark Caudle
Unknown:
David Miller
Soprano:
Emily van Evera
Tenor:
Charles Daniels
Tenor:
Simon Grant
Conductor:
Andrew Parrott
Sopranos:
Libby Crabtree
Unknown:
Harry Christophers
Unknown:
Gillian Fisher
Sopranos:
Rosemary Hardy
Sopranos:
John Elwes
Sopranos:
Martyn Hill
Tenors:
Stephen Varcoe
Baritone:
David Thomas
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Source: Radio Times

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