Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores the development of British music through the lives, times and music of Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn in a major new ...

In the new issue of Music Week we take an in-depth look at the world of songwriting as the biz prepares to celebrate at the Ivors. For the feature, we join Purcell at her publisher BMG’s London HQ for ...

Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of Daniel Purcell, who until recently was thought to have been Henry's younger brother but is now believed to have been his cousin. Show more For centuries ...

That was very directly the genesis of Masque of Might which is being given its world premiere by Opera North tomorrow. Of course, the indisputable fact is that, in the face of the zany dramatic chaos ...

In their first appearance in Tasmania, Pinchgut Opera perform songs of Purcell and musical interludes, forming a musical theatre piece reminiscent of the composer's late London career. In the final ...

English Baroque composer Henry Purcell wrote his first opera based on the story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the Prince of Troy, Aeneas, based on a libretto by Nahum Tate. It was first performed in ...

Purcell said that his 1683 Sonatas of Three Parts “faithfully endeavour’d a just imitation of the most fam’d Italian Masters,” and that through his “bold and daring” works he wanted “to bring the ...

Allan’s voice is light, eminently suited to the chamber format, with a clear and ringing higher register but with an emotional depth and warmth that reaches across to the audience. Her presence on ...