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Catch Me If You Can

Composer of the WeekHenry Purcell (1659-1695)
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Celebrating Red Nose Day for Comic Relief, Donald Macleod presents a rare glimpse of Purcell's bawdy sense of humour.

As BBC Radio 3 celebrates Red Nose Day with "Baroque around the Clock", Donald Macleod presents a rare glimpse at Purcell's bawdy sense of humour in a handful of the composer's witty and occasionally scurrilous "catches" for voices - a long way from the stately drama of the stage!

We bring the week to a close with Purcell's last and perhaps most glorious ode to Saint Cecila: "Come, Ye Sons Of Art", composed in the year of his death, 1695. Part of BBC Radio 3's "Baroque Spring": a month-long season of baroque music and culture.

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Fri 15 Mar 201318:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Pox On You For A Fop, Z268

    Performers: The Baltimore Consort & The Merry Companions

    • Dorian:Dor90155.
    • 22.

  • Henry Purcell

    Young Colin, Cleaving Of A Beam

    Performers: The City Waites, Roderick Skeaping

    • Saydisc: CD-SDL 382.
    • 19.

  • Henry Purcell

    An Ape, A Lion A Fox And An Ass

    Performers: The Deller Consort, Alfred Deller

  • Henry Purcell

    Tom The Taylor

    Performers: The Baltimore Consort & The Merry Companions

    • Dorian: Dor90155.
    • 33.

  • Henry Purcell

    Come, Come Let Us Drink

    Performers: The Baltimore Consort & The Merry Companions

    • Dorian: Dor90155.
    • 33.

  • Henry Purcell

    Come, Ye Sons Of Art, Away

    Performers: Kate Royal (soprano), Tim Mead, David Hansen (countertenor), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (bass), Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Academy Of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury

    • EMI: 094634443821.

  • Henry Purcell

    Overture - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Rondeau - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Air - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Hornpipe - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Air - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Act 3: Ye Twice The Hundred Deities By The Croaking from The Indian Queen

    Performers: The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

  • Henry Purcell

    Tis Women Makes Us Love

    Performers: The Baltimore Consort & The Merry Companions

    • Dorian: Dor90155.
    • 24.

  • Henry Purcell

    Pox On You For A Fop, Z268

    Performers: The Baltimore Consort & The Merry Companions

    • Dorian:Dor90155.
    • 22.

  • Henry Purcell

    Young Colin, Cleaving Of A Beam

    Performers: The City Waites, Roderick Skeaping

    • Saydisc: CD-SDL 382.
    • 19.

  • Henry Purcell

    An Ape, A Lion A Fox And An Ass

    Performers: The Deller Consort, Alfred Deller

  • Henry Purcell

    Tom The Taylor

    Performers: The Baltimore Consort & The Merry Companions

    • Dorian: Dor90155.
    • 33.

  • Henry Purcell

    Come, Come Let Us Drink

    Performers: The Baltimore Consort & The Merry Companions

    • Dorian: Dor90155.
    • 33.

  • Henry Purcell

    Come, Ye Sons Of Art, Away

    Performers: Kate Royal (soprano), Tim Mead, David Hansen (countertenor), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (bass), Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Academy Of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury

    • EMI: 094634443821.

  • Henry Purcell

    Overture - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Rondeau - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Air - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Hornpipe - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Air - Music from Abdelazar

    Performers: The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman

  • Henry Purcell

    Act 3: Ye Twice The Hundred Deities By The Croaking from The Indian Queen

    Performers: The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

  • Henry Purcell

    Tis Women Makes Us Love

    Performers: The Baltimore Consort & The Merry Companions

    • Dorian: Dor90155.
    • 24.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 15 Mar 201312:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 15 Mar 201318:30
    BBC Radio 3

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