Sunday Morning - Purcell Weekend

Purcell Weekend Iain Burnside presents live music from the Purcell Quartet, who play sonatas by Purcell and Corelli, and he also accompanies John Mark Ainsley in Purcell realisations by Britten and Tippett. Concordia perform a St Cecilia's Day Ode from a concert in July 2009 and the BBC Singers explore two completions of Purcell's anthem Hear my Prayer. Iain's guest is film-maker Tony Palmer. Purcell: A New Irish tune (Lillibullero) Robert Woolley (harpsichord) Dur: 41s BBC Recording Sven-David Sandstrom: Hear my Prayer, O Lord BBC Singers, Andrew Carwood (conductor) Dur: 5m50s Purcell: Sonata in C in three parts, Z795 (1683) Purcell Quartet: Catherine Mackintosh, Catherine Weiss (violins) Richard Boothby (viola da gamba) Robert Woolley (harpsichord) Dur: 6m15s Corelli: Ciaccona, Op 2 No 12 Purcell Quartet: Catherine Mackintosh, Catherine Weiss (violins) Richard Boothby (viola da gamba) Robert Woolley (harpsichord) Dur: 3m06s Excerpt from the sound track of England, My England Purcell ...... Michael Ball King William ...... Corin Redgrave Queen Mary ...... Rebecca Front Including excerpts from Purcell: Triumphal March (Diocesian); Come, Come, Ye Sons of Art Michael Chance (countertenor) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Dur: 5m31s Purcell: Don Quixote: Genius of England Martyn Hill (tenor) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Laird (trumpet) Academy of Ancient Musick Christopher Hogwood (director) L'OISEAU LYRE 425 896-2 (=CD 3) Track 7 Dur: 4m30s Purcell: O dive custos auricae domus, Z504 Carys Lane, Libby Crabtree (sopranos) continuo Harry Christophers (conductor) CORO COR 16024 Track 15 Dur: 6m38s Purcell: Raise, raise the voice, Z334 (Ode for St Cecilia's Day, 1685) Sophie Daneman (soprano) James Gilchrist (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Concordia Mark Levy (director) Dur: 12m57s (plus applause) BBC Recording Purcell: Fantasia upon one note, Z745 Zorian Quartet Benjamin Britten (viola) dubbed from LP HMV ALP 3934 side 4, Band 4 (rec 1947) Dur: 3m51s Purcell, real Britten: If music be the food of love John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) Dur: 2m14s Purcell, real Britten: Sweeter than roses John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) Dur: 3m30s Purcell, real Tippett/Bergmann: Sweeter than roses John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) Dur: 3m25s Purcell: Hornpipe; air (Bonduca) Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood (director) L'OISEAU LYRE 425 895-2 (=CD2) Track 2 (part) Dur: 1m50s Purcell: Sonata in A minor in four parts, Z804 (1697) Purcell Quartet: Catherine Mackintosh, Catherine Weiss (violins) Richard Boothby (viola da gamba) Robert Woolley (harpsichord) Dur: 6m43s Bob Chilcott: My Prayer BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Dur: 6m47s BBC Recording Purcell, real Tippett/Bergmann: Music for a while John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) Dur: 3m30s Britten: Fugue from The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and fugue on a theme by Henry Purcell) London Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) DECCA 417 509-2 Track 1 (part) Dur: 2m45s.