Programs tagged with: Henry Purcell

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Live from la Maison Française–Henry Purcell: The Food of Love

Program: #11-48, Air Date: 11/21/11

NOTE: All of the music on this program was recorded at La Maison Française at the Embassy of France, in cooperation with the French-American Cultural Foundation. For information on the many activities and concerts at the Maison, you may explore the site:

www.houseoffrancedc.com

Paul Agnew and Music of Purcell--We hear a recent performance from Paul Agnew and members of Les Arts florissants featureing the lush and timeless vocal and instrumental works of Henry Purcell.

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🔊 Spotlight on the Netherlands: The English Fantasia before Handel

Program: #10-09, Air Date: 02/22/10

This time, we journey from Ward and Jenkins to Purcell with the superb Phantasm ensemble.

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Spotlight on the Netherlands: Odes and Motets I

Program: #10-05, Air Date: 01/25/10

Henry Purcell's exquisite Ode for St. Cecilia's Day with the Innsbruck Festival Chorus directed by Timothy Brown.

We continue our long and fruitful association with our partners at Radio Netherlands in presenting a series of concerts from the 2009 Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht. The RNW web site provides more in-depth information about the music and performers we hear as well as more information about the festival (www.rnmusic.nl). The primary theme for 2009 was the 250th anniversary of the death of Handel and the 350th of the birth of Purcell.

RNW has also prepared a short YouTube video introduction to the festival for this year:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8gw2qGUaBw

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Spotlight on the Netherlands: English Song before Handel

Program: #10-02, Air Date: 01/04/10

Soprano Carolyn Sampson and theorbo soloist Elizabeth Kenny take us from Henry Lawes to Purcell.

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