TICKETS: $35. Visit www.rockportmusic.org or call 978-546-7391. Henry Purcell was the first Mozart. The first Mendelssohn. The first Schubert. Purcell, like these other prodigious composers who also ...

High tragedy, low comedy, mock sorcery — all flowed from Purcell’s pen with a prodigal ease that surely makes him the Shakespeare among 17th-century composers. The Armonico Consort and its musical ...

For 200 years, Henry Purcell was the towering figure in English music, a composer of sublime melodies and grand musical spectaculars much-favoured by English royalty. Not bad for a man who never ...

Imagine playing something wrong time and time again. It’s a musician’s worst nightmare, but it’s exactly what’s been happening to orchestras for the last 241 years who’ve performed Henry Purcell’s ...

Sarasota Opera’s production of “Dido and Aeneas,” which opened Sunday, is one to relish as it lingers in your memory. Baroque opera in live performance is rare these days, and one presented with such ...

As part of our Bodleian treasures series, former chorister Jon Snow recalls singing Henry Purcell’s Ode for St Cecilia’s Day – “a beautiful piece by the greatest cathedral music composer of all time”.

Here is the opportunity to do some homework. With a new production of The Indian Queen opening this weekend at English National Opera, this new recording from The Sixteen, due for release on Monday, ...

Henry Purcell was the most important English composer of the era, described as the "Orpheus Britannicus" for his ability to combine Baroque counterpoint with dramatic settings of English words. He ...

Soprano Emma Kirkby discusses the life of English composer Henry Purcell with Matthew Parris. Despite dying at the age of 36, Purcell was arguably the first composer to become a national figure, as ...

Henry Purcell was a renowned English composer during the Baroque era, celebrated for his significant contributions to the development of English music. His compositions, which include sacred music, ...

Henry Purcell was one of the great British composers whose mastery of the voice was absolute. Can such an old English composer be any good? Purcell was a creative phenomenon. By the time of his early ...

Henry Purcell has written 2 shows including Don Quixote (Composer), Colin and His Wife (Composer).