4/5. Donald Macleod introduces the biggest and most glorious of Purcell's odes - Hail,
Bright Cecilia- written for the patron saint of music's celebrations of 1692. St Cecilia's Day Ode: Hail, Bright Cecilia
Susan Hamilton and Siri Thornhill (sopranos), Robin Blaze and Martin van der Zeijst
(countertenors), Mark Padmore (tenor),
Jonathan Arnold , Peter Harvey and Jonathan Brown (basses), Collegium Vocale , director Philippe Herreweghe Repeated from Thursday