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Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers
Date
Thu 03 Mar 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • The Sixteen
    • Harry Christophersdirector

    Programme

    • Henry Purcell
      1659-1695
        • Let mine eyes run down with tears Z24
        • Sleep, Adam, and take thy rest (Adam's Sleep) Z195
        • Beati omnes qui timent Dominum Z131
        • Since the duke is return'd Z271
        • Welcome, Vicegerent of the mighty King Z340

    Interval

    • Henry Purcell
      1659-1695
        • O sing unto the Lord Z44
        • Great God and just Z186
        • Fly, bold rebellion (Welcome Song performed to his Majesty in 1683) Z324

    Overview

    Harry Christophers is joined by eight singers andfifteen instrumentalists from The Sixteen for the firstof two all-Purcell programmes built around upliftingsongs of welcome for Charles II.

    Purcell may havewritten the anthem ‘Beati omnes qui timent Dominum’for performance at his own wedding in the early 1680s,while his sublime ‘Let mine eyes run down with tears’projects a deeply affecting sense of the world’s sorrowsinto its setting of words from the Book of Jeremiah.

    Henry Purcell: A Retrospective is made possible thanks to all our contributors to the Wigmore Hall Endowment Fund, whose purpose is to help fund important artistic projects.

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