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Composer of the Week: Purcell

BBC Radio 3
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3/5. The King's Musick. Donald Macleod discovers how Purcell's life and music was shaped by each of the three monarchs he served. Welcome Song: From Those Serene and Rapturous Joys (final chorus) Andrew Tusa
(tenor), the King's Consort, director Robert King The Staircase Overture; Chacony in G minor Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman If Prayers and Tears Susan Gritton (soprano), Members of the King's Consort
Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drum
James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey -Crump and Rufus Muller (tenors), Michael George (bass), the King's Consort, director Robert King
Purcell Overture: Timon of Athens
Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Tenor:
Andrew Tusa
Director:
Peter Holman
Soprano:
Susan Gritton
Unknown:
James Bowman
Unknown:
Rogers Covey
Tenors:
Rufus Muller
Tenors:
Michael George
Director:
Robert King
Director:
Peter Holman
Source: Radio Times

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