Purcell Weekend

Synopsis

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.

Broadcast

1. Sun 22 Nov 2009
   10:00
   BBC Radio 3