Purcell, William Croft, Pelham Humfrey, and RVW: R3 in Concert Tuesday 5 December

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Temple Song 2017: Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake and the Piatti Quartet

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert from Middle Temple Hall, with star tenor Ian Bostridge, pianist Julius Drake and the Piatti Quartet. The programme features Britten's arrangements of works by Purcell, Pelham Humfrey and William Croft, and Britten's Holy Sonnets of John Donne. Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake are joined after the interval by the Piatti Quartet for a performance of Vaughan Williams's poignant song cycle On Wenlock Edge.

Purcell: Chacony in G minor for string quartet
Purcell: The Queen's Epicedium
William Croft: A Hymn On Divine Musick
Pelham Humfrey: Lord! I Have Sinned
Pelham Humfrey: Hymn to God the Father
Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne

Interval

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge for tenor, piano and string quartet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09h3qys

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Thanks, as ever DS for showing this. looks rather good but I do not know these Britten arrangements. So will see!