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| Composer : | Purcell, Henry (1659 - 1695) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Winds & String Orchestra | ||
| Style : | Baroque | ||
| Arranger : Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 03 Mar 2023 Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695) was an English composer. His style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest English opera composers, Purcell is often linked with John Dunstaple and William Byrd as England's most important early music composers. No later native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, William Walton and Benjamin Britten in the 20th century. The coronation of King James II on 23 April 1685 was an opulent affair which was recorded in profuse detail by Francis Sandford. Trumpeters, drummers and kettle-drummers led the procession to Westminster Abbey, followed by the eight ‘Children of the Choir of Westminster’, the twelve boys of the Chapel Royal (all individually named and including the young Jeremiah Clarke) and the respective adult members of those choirs (32 in number, though not all would have sung: some were organists and choirmasters). The magnificent service in the Abbey was accompanied by a large instrumental ensemble, including the vingt-quatre violons (for once at their full strength – Sandford’s rather inaccurate engravings show some twenty string players), and an organ specially set up in the Abbey by Purcell in his capacity as ‘organ maker and keeper etc.’. Purcell’s setting was conceived on the largest scale, using four-part strings, eight-part choir and eight soloists. The sound must have been radiant in a crowded Westminster Abbey, for Purcell’s textures, the lower end dominated by three bass chorus parts, the trebles, altos and tenors taking the middle and higher ground and the upper strings giving a wonderful sheen to the ensemble, were magnificent. Anchoring the ensemble was a huge continuo section – in our recording we use no fewer than six bass violins and four theorbos along with the organ (its twentieth-century costs sadly not funded by the Secret Service), producing an extraordinary sound and denuding London, just as the coronation did, of all the best players! Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Purcell). Although originally composed for Voices (SATB), Trumpets & Organ, I created this interpretation of the "Hearken O daughter" from "My heart is inditing of a good matter" (Z.30 No. 5) for Winds (Flute, Oboe, French Horn & Bassoon) & Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). | |||
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