Henry Purcell
Fantasia: 3 Parts Upon A Ground
for Trumpet & Organ
Henry Purcell
Fantasia: 3 Parts Upon A Ground
for Trumpet & Organ
- Instrumentation Trumpet and Organ
- Edition Score and Parts
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- Composer Henry Purcell
- Editor Graham Ashton
- Publisher Editions Bim
- Order no. BIM96394
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The "Fantasia: Three Parts upon a Ground" is one of the most captivating works by Henry Purcell, the master of 17th-century English music. As the title suggests, the work is based on a ground—a persistent bass line, a short, tirelessly repeated phrase—over which three voices unfold a series of variations of remarkable inventiveness. Over this unchanging foundation, three elegant, dance-like melodic lines intertwine, responding to and imitating one another with quintessential Baroque grace. From this formal constraint emerges music of enduring richness and constant vitality, in which contrapuntal rigor and melodic charm combine with consummate artistry. A luminous and refined work, a perfect testament to Purcell’s genius. This arrangement was recorded at Tulle Cathedral with Michael Mattes on the organ for the Signum Records label (London).
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