大象传媒

As part of Radio 3's 40th birthday celebrations, Petroc Trelawny presents another chance to hear the Purcell anniversary concert from 1995's Fairest Isle festival featuring vocal and orchestral music by Purcell and Britten at Westminster Abbey and premieres from Jonathan Dove and Michael Tippett.

James Bowman (countertenor)
Catherine Bott (soprano)
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Robin Leggate (tenor)
Martin Baker (organ)
Westminster Abbey Choir
New London Consort
Martin Neary (conductor)
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

Dove: Fairest Isle Fanfare
Purcell: Incidental Music from Abdelazer (The Moor's Revenge)
Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
Byrd: O Lord, Make thy Servant Elizabeth
Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord; If Music Be The Food of Love; Fairest Isle (King Arthur); Hosanna to the Highest; Hark the Ech'ing Air (The Fairy Queen); My Heart is Inditing
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Purcell: Jehova, Quam Multi Sunt Hostes (arr. Elgar for Chorus and Orchestra)
Tippett: The Tempest (excerpt)
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Purcell: Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light.