Who is England’s greatest composer? Britten and Elgar have their fans, but many say Vaughan Williams is greater than either, and still others would vote for one of our great Renaissance composers such ...

O! fair Cederia, hide those eyes Henry Purcell, Composer Fred Jacobs, Theorbo Maarten Koningsberger, Baritone Oedipus, Movements: Music for a while (song) Maarten Koningsberger, Baritone Henry Purcell ...

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk He was the leading English composer of the 17th century, writing masterpieces such as Dido ...

This week, the five episodes of Composer Of The Week set Henry Purcell’s work in the context of the turbulent times in which he lived. This was a period of intense political and social change, ...

Lucie Skeaping explores Purcell's semi-opera, The Fairy Queen, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. With excerpts from each of the masques from various recordings. Show more Lucie ...

Henry Purcell was the leading English composer of his time, even composing for the Royal family. He wrote Music for a While during the Baroque period as incidental music for the play Oedipus, written ...