Saturday 3 August 2024
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BBC Proms Composer: Henry Purcell
Joseph McHardy joins Andrew to choose five indispensable recordings of composer Henry Purcell, who is featured in the 2024 BBC Proms, and explain why you need to hear them.
Purcell was master of operatic stage works such as Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen, sacred and secular cantatas, and intimate chamber consort works harking back to Dowland.
1415
BBC Proms Composer: Henry Purcell
Joseph McHardy joins Andrew to choose five indispensable recordings of composer Henry Purcell, who is featured in the 2024 BBC Proms, and explain why you need to hear them.
Purcell was master of operatic stage works such as Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen, sacred and secular cantatas, and intimate chamber consort works harking back to Dowland.
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