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Baroque SpringPurcell Gallery

A visual guide to Purcell's life and times.

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Aphra Behn - portrait by Mary Beale

Purcell wrote incidental music for Behn's play 'Abdelazar'. ©The Bridgeman Art Library

  • Purcell by Closterman
  • Christopher Gibbons, organist of Westminster Abbey
  • Purcell's Golden Sonata
  • The coronation of James II in 1685
  • Whitehall Palace, where Purcell worked as a musician of the Chapel Royal.
  • Westminster Abbey c.1689
  • London Bridge in the 17th century.
  • Mausoleum for the lying in state of Mary II in 1694
  • Title page of Henry Playford's book of songs: Deliciae Musicae
  • Aphra Behn - portrait by Mary Beale
  • The theatre in Dorset Gardens where Purcell's Dioclesian, King Arthur and The Fairy Queen were first performed.
  • James II, Purcell's employer

This gallery is from

  • Baroque Spring

    Highlights from the season of baroque music and features on BBC Radio 3.

    BBC Radio 3

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