Henry Purcell News

English composer Henry Purcell was unlucky in life but very fortunate in art. Born 350 months ago this year , he lived only 36 years.

Says mezzo-soprano Susan Graham: "Singing the role will be like drinking a long, cool drink of fresh spring water when you've been surrounded by milkshakes." More info: All-Purcell Program WHAT: Philharmonia Baroque with Susan Graham, mezzo- soprano WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis TICKETS: ...

By Geoff Boswell EARLY arrivals at the autumn concert of Todmorden Choral Society at St Mary's Church, Todmorden, were greeted with pleasant sounds of Daniel Bath fine tuning his harpsichord.

Hundreds of children from York's primary schools performed at the city's Minster yesterday as a warm-up to a concert in one of the world's most famous venues.

Just Opened: Burger Bar The Toronto Consort marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of the great English baroque composer Henry Purcell with an appearance by Les Voix humaines, the Quebec-based duo of viola da gamba players Susie Napper and Margaret Little.

This is an important week for vocal music aficionados.Emma Kirkby and Deborah Voigt, arguably two of the greatest singers of our time, will be presenting recitals Friday night.You certainly have two distinct vocal styles to choose from Voigts large, stentorian wallop, or the bell-like, pure, crystalline voice of Kirkby, whom BBC Music Magazine has ...

Saturday brings a don't-miss event for early-music lovers. Soprano Emma Kirkby, a renowned early-music specialist, will perform at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem with Swedish lutenist Jakob Lindberg for the Bach Choir of Bethlehem's Gala Concert.

Photo: "Jordana" by stillsinflux , member of the blogTO Flickr Pool . Events on Toronto's Radar for THURSDAY OCTOBER 29, 2009... lovingly handpicked from blogTO's events calendar .

Soprano Emma Kirkby and lutenist Jakob Lindberg make an absolutely perfect musical pair, performing in a seamless blend of style and expression.

Period-instrument ensemble Echoing Air explores the art of English baroque chamber music with duets by Henry Purcell for countertenors and recorders and solo works of Pelham Humphrey, Daniel Purcell and Henry Laws.

Music for dancing - composed on three continents over a span of almost three centuries - will be offered Nov.

SOUND MAN: Max Richter back in Edinburgh, where he studied piano and composition at university.

David Morelock, who retired this spring after a nearly 40-year career of directing for the opera stage in New Orleans, will be celebrated with an Opera Gala on Sunday, Nov.

Disclosure: as an alumna of the College of William and Mary, I was predisposed to adore the Civic Opera Theater of Kansas City's utterly charming production of 'The Fairy Queen' as soon as I saw that King William III and Queen Mary II had been added to the show's cast of onstage characters.

The Young People's Opera Society of B.C. - " which, in earlier presentations, has explored the realms of fantasy and celebrated B.C. history - " will take audiences on a trip to the early days of the opera with its upcoming production, The Faerie Queene, at Surrey Arts Centre Oct.

THE life and work of railways pioneer Robert Stephenson will be celebrated by a cathedral service on the 150th anniversary of his death on Monday.

The premier of Island musician Linda M. Berg's choral piece "Mass of Creation" was performed Saturday evening at The First Congregational Church in West Tisbury to a full house that was moved to a long standing ovation.

Tunes from 17th-century England - plus a detour into the 18th century for songs by Handel - are on roster for lutenist John Lenti and soprano Linda Tsatsanis.

Sophomore vocal performance major Daniel Geigeman rehearses in preparation for the Georg Friedrich Handel and Henry Purcell show in the Winifred Moore Auditorium.

Jacques Ogg is as surprised as anybody that Lyra Baroque Orchestra is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary.