The King’s Counterpoint, joined by English countertenor Charles Humphries and members of The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, will present a program of music by Henry Purcell at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct.

Students from the Mannes School of Music and the School of Drama presented selections from Henry Purcell’s baroque semi-opera Fairy Queen, loosely based on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s ...

Henry Purcell is known for his songs, hymns, anthems, odes, operas — in short, for his vocal music. Which is all the more reason to welcome an excellent forthcoming CD of his keyboard music. Just to ...

(The) Mock Marriage, Movements: 'Twas within a furlong (song) (L') Arpeggiata Henry Purcell, Composer Christina Pluhar, Director Oedipus, Movements: Music for a while (song) Henry Purcell, Composer (L ...

The Freiburg Baroque Soloists play two selections from Henry Purcell's music for "Abdelazer." (Harmonia Mundi 77231) ...

Birthday Ode, 'Come ye sons of art away' Stephen Cleobury, Conductor Academy of Ancient Music King's College Choir, Cambridge Henry Purcell, Composer Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem Henry Purcell, ...

Which is just as well really, because this little celebration of Purcell’s music covered the whole gamut of emotions, from heart-wrenching song to boisterous sonata to the frankly ludicrous When the ...

The English Concert live from the Great Hall of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. The English Concert/Youtube While live classical music in the US remains stubbornly moribund, an impressive number of groups ...

A conductor waves his arms in front of other musicians. The audience usually sees the maestro (less often maestra, still) from the back. Hidden from the concertgoers during the performance, the ...

A stage show celebrating Henry Purcell widely regarded as the greatest stage composer of his age will be performed in Wolverhampton. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed ...