Discovering Purcell
Listen to archive programmes examining the life and works of Henry Purcell.
Baroque Spring - Henry Purcell
The life and music of arguably the greatest English Baroque composer, Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Donald Macleod explores Henry Purcell's music for the theatre.
Henry Purcell
Donald Macleod and Bruce Wood explore Purcell's life and work.
Purcell's Contemporaries
Donald Macleod introduces the composers of Restoration England
Purcell: Songs
Anna Picard gives her personal choices, introducing songs by Henry Purcell.
Watch an analysis of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas—Discovering Music
Watch Stephen Johnson's analysis of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Nicholas Kraemer.
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Stephen Johnson and Nicholas Kraemer examine Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
Purcell: The Fairy Queen
Simon Heighes compares versions of Purcell's semi-opera and makes a recommendation.
Purcell: An Evening Hymn
Howard Goodall and Suzy Klein discuss Purcell's An Evening Hymn.
Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia
Recordings of Purcell's Hail! Bright Cecilia compared for Building a Library.
The English Viol Consort
Catherine Bott, Laurence Dreyfus and Phantasm on English viol music.
