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Soprano and early music specialist Emma Kirkby presents a special edition of the programme to mark the 大象传媒 Radio 3's Purcell Weekend, with an eclectic selection of listeners' requests that show off Purcell's music for church, chamber, ceremonial and theatre.

Featuring Dido's Lament - in versions both familiar and unfamiliar, Purcell's instrumental works as represented by a Trio Sonata, two virtuoso Fantasias as well as the Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary. Plus arguably some of the finest vocal music ever written in the English language - from the Shakespearean song If Music Be the Food of Love to the great masterpieces Come Ye Sons of Art and the 1692 Ode for St Cecilia's Day.

There are also recordings by some of the world's leading Purcell and early music performers, including Andrew Parrott and The Taverner Consort, James Bowman, Catherine Bott, Alfred Deller, Les Arts Florissants and Emma herself.

The guest request is from another great Purcell specialist - Charles Medlam, a viola da gamba player in London Baroque.

Playlist:

Dido's Lament: When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Taverner Choir and Consort
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
Chandos CHAN8308, Tr 4

My Beloved Spake
James Bowman (countertenor)
Charles Daniel (tenor)
Michael George (bass)
Robert Evans (bass)
Choir of New College, Oxford
The King's Consort
Robert King (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66585, Tr 25

If Music Be The Food Of Love
Catherine Bott (soprano)
The Purcell Quartet
Chandos CHAN0571, Tr 1

Sonata No 2 in E flat in Four Parts
London Baroque
Harmonia Mundi HMX290143839, Trs 5-9

Jehova Quam Multi Sunt Hostes Mihi
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (director)
Virgin Classics 3951442, Tr 1

Ode on St Cecilia's Day, 1692 'Hail, Bright Cecilia (excerpt)
Taverner Choir and Consort
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
EMI CDC 747490 2, Trs 8-11

Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary
Westminster Abbey Choir
New London Consort
Martin Neary (conductor)
Sony SK 66243, Trs 22, 24 and 25

Fantasia: Three Parts Upon A Ground
Leonhardt Consort
Teldec 9031776082, Tr 6

Fairest Isle
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
Wieland Kuijken (bass viol)
William Christie (harpsichord)
Harmonia Mundi HM90249, Tr 4

They That Go Down To Sea In Ships
Charles Brett (countertenor)
Inia Te Wiata (bass)
Academy of St Martin In The Fields
Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge
George Guest (conductor)
Decca 444 525-2, Tr 1

Fantasia in C minor for violas da gamba
Fretwork
Virgin Classics VC 545 062 2, Tr 4

Come Ye Sons Of Art
Julia Gooding (soprano)
James Bowman, Christopher Robinson (countertenor)
Howard Crook (tenor),
David Wilson-Johnson, Michael George (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Gustav Leonhardt (conductor)
Virgin Classics VC 759 243 2, Trs 21-29

Dido's Lament (Dido and Aeneas) - arranged for brass ensemble
Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
NI 5546, Tr 34.

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