merseybeat1963 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I love this whole thing.. but the first one & a half minutes is so beautifull, that I can hardly get over it. Incredible music making.Maybe be you'll dig it as well. Henry Purcell (d. 1685) Cambridge Clare College Choir is so great..the girls ring the roof.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Great Post !! Purcell...one of the greats... Becoming more and more appreciated as people hear his music... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Great Post !! Purcell...one of the greats... Becoming more and more appreciated as people hear his music... V I especially love him & George Fredrich Handel. Common attitude here is the music covering the whole 400-500 years is one lump kind of thing under ye label "Classical Music".. And most look no further than the shite thats readily fed to them (mostly 19th Cent )in passing,not realizing the gold mine of music in the past. Wish I had realized when I was young to have focused on learning to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 People who actually know how to sing. Very refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 As young children we were given 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra' by Benjamin Britten at school... A totally exciting and inspirational 'educational' piece Featuring a rousing theme by Purcell... Thankyou Britten and Purcell for turning so many young minds on to orchestral music... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 As young children we were given 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra' by Benjamin Britten at school... A totally exciting and inspirational 'educational' piece Featuring a rousing theme by Purcell... Thankyou Britten and Purcell for turning so many young minds on to orchestral music... V This is probably one reason England & Ireland is where this music really lives. They are installing a richness into the children. When we visited Exeter in the mid 90's I happened to sit in at Evensong..When I heard that Choir..in that place I became paralized at the sound of them. I said to my wife if there was ever a retirement for us to live near such a place I would be every evensong there to hear it. And in our first visit to UK we were in Windsor doing the usual tourist thing when the Greek in me took an abrupt turn off that path into St.Georges Chapel where a rehearsal was going on..and this Indian chick,,I could not believe my ears. When it had concluded I had to worm my way next to her & say that she sang like an angel & that i loved her. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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