Henry Purcell

Purcell composed six of his finest odes to honour the birthdays of Queen Mary in successive years from 1689. Come, ye sons of art (1694) followed recent stage successes and contains some of the compos...

A super-simple full orchestra setting of a classic Baroque tune! In the key of G, each section plays the melody in very comfortable ranges with doubling galore. Using mainly quarter and half notes, th...

A super-simple full orchestra setting of a classic Baroque tune! In the key of G, each section plays the melody in very comfortable ranges with doubling galore. Using mainly quarter and half notes, th...

“Hail! bright Cecilia, hail to thee. Great patroness of us and harmony!” – this exclamation opens the final chorus of Henry Purcell’s eponymous Ode to St. Cecilia from 1692. A paean to the power of mu...

This Ode is the last of six Purcell composed for the celebration of the birthday of Queen Mary, wife of William III. It was performed on 30th April, 1694 when the queen was 33 years old. She died in D...

Henry Purcell wrote several works in honour of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of church music. The best known of these works probably is Hail! Bright Cecilia (1692) the solo part of which was performed b...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F (or Eb), 2 Trumpets in Bb, 2 Trombones, Timpani Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola or Violin 3, Cello, Bass) This Rondeau,...

Full Score. Purcell Society Volume 8. Edited under the supervision of the Purcell Society by Peter Dennison.

Martland's arrangements of Purcell's music are wonderfully inventive and beautiful. Fantazia 7 for the unusual line up of trombone quartet is no exception and offers performers music that transports b...