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Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day
Dunedin Consort; John Butt director
Date
Tue 22 Nov 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Dunedin Consort
    • John Buttdirector
    • Joanne Lunnsoprano
    • Tim Meadcountertenor
    • Nicholas Mulroytenor
    • Matthew Brookbass-baritone

    Programme

    • Henry Purcell
      1659-1695
        • Welcome to all the pleasures (Ode for St Cecilia's Day) Z339
        • The Tempest Z631
          :
        • Selections from The Tempest Z631: Neptune's Masque
    • Matthew Locke
      c.1621-1677
        • The Tempest
          :
        • Selections from The Tempest

    Interval

    Overview

    Wigmore Hall celebrates St Cecilia onher annual festival with the greatestof Purcell’s Odes.

    Hail, bright Cecilia,the Ode for St Cecilia’s Day 1692,belongs to a distinctive English traditionof honouring music’s patron saint.

    Purcell here enriches Nicholas Brady’ssonorous verse with music packedwith expressive subtleties, tonal varietyand compelling textural contrasts.

    John Butt and his Dunedin Consort, acclaimed for their interpretationsof masterworks by Bach and Handel, invariably find fresh ways of bringingBaroque music to life. They recently added Hail, bright Cecilia to their repertoireand developed their interpretation with a series of concerts in 2015.

    Supported by the Season Patrons who have made a major contribution to the 2016/17 Wigmore Series

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