Purcell and Nicola Matteis: EML 30 October

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Simon Heighes presents highlights of a concert from the Pyrenees Festival of Early Music. Taking as its theme the false consonances of melancholy, Gli Incogniti perform a programme of Purcell and Nicola Matteis.

Purcell: Sonata no.6 in C, Z795 from 'Twelve Sonatas of Three Parts'
Nicola Matteis: Suite in A minor, From 'Ayrs for the Violin'
Purcell: Sonata no.10 in A, Z799 from 'Twelve Sonatas of Three Parts'
Matteis: Suite in G, From 'Ayrs for the Violin'
Purcell: Works for harpsichord
Matteis: Suite in C, From 'Ayrs for the Violin'

Gli Incogniti
Amandine Beyer (director).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080xqq6

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Lots of amusing comment from Simon Heighes including about the first Italian style sonatas in England by Purcell.