Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk He was the leading English composer of the 17th century, writing masterpieces such as Dido ...

Donald explores the theories around Purcell’s death at the age of just 36, and examines the various tributes made to the ...

TICKETS: $35. Visit www.rockportmusic.org or call 978-546-7391. Henry Purcell was the first Mozart. The first Mendelssohn. The first Schubert. Purcell, like these other prodigious composers who also ...

Get your Henry Purcell on with Alex Cann and his Bach Elgar Choir. Cann and company, who’ve presented full-on homages to such greats as Handel and the team of W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, are ...

Donald Macleod explores the music and life of Henry Purcell. Monday Frustratingly little is known about the tragically abbreviated life of the composer who is arguably one of Britain’s greatest - ...

(The) Mock Marriage, Movements: 'Twas within a furlong (song) (L') Arpeggiata Henry Purcell, Composer Christina Pluhar, Director Oedipus, Movements: Music for a while (song) Henry Purcell, Composer (L ...

During March, BBC Radio 3 focuses upon the music of Henry Purcell, marking the 350th anniversary of the composer's birth. A wealth of performance, discussion and talks are broadcast across the ...

Donald Macleod explores the composer’s role in London’s newly re-emergent theatre scene. Henry Purcell was the most important English composer of the era, described as the "Orpheus Britannicus" for ...

Purcell's music to the Shakespeare play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' didn't much impress diarist Samuel Pepys . But it's survived a long time now. It's known as "The Fairy Queen." The group called Red ...