Venue
Duke's Hall
Price
£16 - £20

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Programme Details

John Butt director
Academy Baroque Soloists


PURCELL
My beloved spake
TOMKINS
When David heard
PURCELL
Of old, when heroes thought it base (The Yorkshire Feast Song)
WEELKES
When David heard
PURCELL
O God, thou art my God

The magnificent ode ‘Of old, when heroes thought it base’, also known as ‘The Yorkshire Feast Song’, shows Purcell at his most inventive in a celebration of the history of York from Roman times,
complete with subtle references to the Glorious Revolution. Purcell’s music is heard alongside two masterpieces of Renaissance polyphony.