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Pelham Humfrey, Purcell, John Blow

Sunday Concert Live from the Stone Gallery of the Vyne
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The ±«Óãtv Singers and St James's Baroque under David Hill perform Restoration music, including Pelham Humfrey: O Lord my God. Plus works by Purcell and John Blow.

Baroque Spring is Radio 3's month-long celebration of music and culture. Launching the season, the first of 5 live broadcasts from National Trust houses, featuring leading artists including La Risonanza with Vivaldi and Handel from Clandon Park (17th March), Le Jardin Secret with a programme of French Baroque music from Powis Castle, and a live drama from the period: Moliere's Misanthrope in a new translation by Roger McGough (10th March). The series of concerts and drama are presented by Katie Derham and for today's concert the ±«Óãtv Singers and St James's Baroque, conducted by David Hill, join forces for a live broadcast from the elegant 18th-century Stone Gallery of The Vyne, a beautiful mansion in Hampshire.

The concert explores some of the wealth of church anthems and chamber music composed around the time of the Restoration - a period of English history when music flourished again after the years of the Commonwealth, when the monarch re-emerged as an important patron of the arts, and when some of the latest musical fashions from France and Italy began to be reflected in the music of our national composers.

Pelham Humfrey: O Lord my God
Walter Porter: Praise the Lord
Henry Purcell: Chacony
John Blow: God is our hope and strength; Salvator Mundi
Henry Purcell: O sing unto the Lord

[NB: third item in first half is a single piece by the three composers listed].

55 minutes

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Sun 3 Mar 2013 15:05
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Music Played

  • Baroque Spring: ±«Óãtv Singers at The Vyne

    • Walter Porter

      Praise the Lord

      Conductor: David Hill Performer: ±«Óãtv Singers

    • Henry Purcell

      Timon of Athens, the man-hater - incidental music Z.632

      Performer: St James's Baroque

    • John Blow

      God is our hope and strength - anthem for double choir & organ

      Conductor: David Hill Performer: ±«Óãtv Singers Performer: St James's Baroque

    • John Blow

      Salvator mundi for voices and organ

      Conductor: David Hill Performer: ±«Óãtv Singers Performer: St James's Baroque

    • Henry Purcell

      O sing unto the Lord Z.44

      Conductor: David Hill Performer: ±«Óãtv Singers Performer: St James's Baroque

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 Mar 2013 15:05
    ±«Óãtv Radio 3