Saturday, October 25, 2014

A little night music... take two.

Yesterday, I brought you Monteverdi's version of Psalm 122, and wasn't it good? The words may not have been terribly familiar to you, especially given that it was in Latin - and no, I don't speak Latin either, it not having been a core subject at my North London comprehensive school.

Ironically, in English, they are rather more familiar, although not in their most famous setting for more than sixty years now, for Psalm 122 has been sung at the entrance of the monarch at every British coronation since that of Charles I in 1626. So, here is Ian Esswood, counter-tenor, singing Henry Purcell's 1685 version...


But I'm not entirely done with this theme yet, as there is a liberal twist to follow...

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