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BBC Proms: 2016: Proms Chamber Music

BBC Proms: 2016: Proms Chamber Music: Part 8: PCM 8: Songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter

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Part 8 Part 8: PCM 8: Songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter

2016

PCM 8: Songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter

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Carolyn Sampson and Iestyn Davies sing music by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter.

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor) and Joseph Middleton (piano) perform songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter, including settings of Shakespeare.

Live at BBC Proms: soprano Carolyn Sampson and countertenor Iestyn Davies perform songs by Purcell (arr. Britten), Mendelssohn and Quilter, including settings of Shakespeare.

Live from Cadogan Hall, London.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Purcell (arr. Britten): Sound the trumpet; Lost is my quiet; Music for a while; If music be the food of love; No, resistance is but vain; Celemene, pray tell me
Mendelssohn: Ich wollt' meine Lieb' ergösse sich; Scheidend; Neue Liebe; Sonntagsmorgen; Das Ährenfeld; Lied aus 'Ruy Blas'
Quilter: It was a lover and his lass; Music, when soft voices die; Drink to me only with thine eyes; Love's philosophy; Love calls through the summer night

Carolyn Sampson (soprano) 
Iestyn Davies (countertenor) 
Joseph Middleton (piano) 

Two cherished British singers round off 2016's Proms Chamber Music series with a joint recital at Cadogan Hall, celebrating English song with an extended stopover in Germany for songs and duets by Felix Mendelssohn. 

Either side, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton present Benjamin Britten's touching 'realisations' of songs by the composer's theatrical predecessor Henry Purcell, and works by the doyen of English song, Roger Quilter.

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Proms Chamber Music

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