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As part of 大象传媒 Radio 3's Purcell celebrations, Aled Jones is joined on the streets of Westminster by music historian Bruce Wood to recreate a choral 'day in the life' of the composer, with music for voices from the Chapel Royal, Westminster Abbey, the theatre and the ale house.

We hear how three modern composers have responded to Purcell's incomplete masterwork Hear My Prayer, now thought to have been intended as a funeral anthem for King Charles II.

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Henry Purcell
Hear my Prayer O Lord
大象传媒 Singers, conducted by Andrew Carwood
大象传媒 studio recording

Henry Purcell
The Lord is my Light Z55
Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass), and The King鈥檚 Consort conducted by Robert King
Hyperion CDA66693, track 1

Henry Purcell
Blow up the Trumpet in Sion
Choir of King鈥檚 College Cambridge, conducted by Sir David Wilcocks
TELDEC 3984217682 CD1, track 2

Bob Chilcott
My Prayer
大象传媒 Singers, conducted by Andrew Carwood
大象传媒 studio recording

Henry Purcell
Soft Notes, and Gently Rais鈥檇
members of Red Byrd, with Parley Of Instruments, conducted by Peter Holman
HYPERION CDA66750, track 11

Jacques H茅tu
Hear My Prayer O Lord
大象传媒 Singers, conducted by Andrew Carwood
大象传媒 studio recording

Henry Purcell
Songs for Theodosius:
Prepare, Prepare
Hark! Hark! Behold the heavn鈥檒y choir
Judith Nelson (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Martyn Hill (tenor), James Bowman (counter-tenor), with the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Christopher Hogwood
DECCA 4755292 CD4, tracks 14 & 17

Tobin Stokes
Hear my Prayer o Lord
大象传媒 Singers, conducted by Andrew Carwood
大象传媒 studio recording

Henry Purcell
My Wife has a Tongue
Paul Elliott, Alan Byers, Peter Bamber (tenors)
DECCA 4755292 CD5, track 14

Henry Purcell
Welcome to all the Pleasures
Taverner Consort, Choir and Players, conducted by Andrew Parrott
Virgin Veritas 7243 5 61582 2 1, track 1-6

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