Tom Service looks at Purcell’s legacy, and how his music has continued to influence British composers until the present day with contributions from Peter Maxwell Davies, Harrison Birtwistle, Michael ...

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk He was the leading English composer of the 17th century, writing masterpieces such as Dido ...

Unlike The Bard, however, Purcell is supposed to have caught the cold after returning home late from the theatre one night to ...

Donald Macleod explores the music and life of Henry Purcell. Monday Frustratingly little is known about the tragically abbreviated life of the composer who is arguably one of Britain’s greatest - ...

When on my sick bed I languish Henry Purcell, Composer Harry Christophers, Conductor (The) Sixteen True Englishmen drink a good health Henry Purcell, Composer (The) Sixteen Harry Christophers, ...

Henry Purcell was the most important English composer of the era, described as the "Orpheus Britannicus" for his ability to combine Baroque counterpoint with dramatic settings of English words. He ...

A piece of music by Henry Purcell at long last got its official premiere – only 340 years late. On Tuesday 6 October 2020, a devotional partsong by the English composer was given its first airing in ...

Donald Macleod explores Henry Purcell’s London Henry Purcell was the most important English composer of the era, described as the "Orpheus Britannicus" for his ability to combine Baroque counterpoint ...

As an opera composer, Henry Purcell is best known for a single piece: the drama Dido and Aeneas, which dates from around the 1680s. Strictly speaking, it's the only opera Purcell ever wrote. Many ...

The death of the English composer at a young age inspired this ode by his collaborator in theatrical productions of the 1690s On the Death of Mr Purcell 1 Mark how the lark and linnet sing: With rival ...

Operatic composition’s leading lady on revitalising Virgil, mixing classical and pop, and refusing to harbour identity-based ‘grievances’ Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...