Henry Purcell

1659 - 1695

2 upcoming concerts with music by Henry Purcell and 80 in total on Live Klassisk.

Henry Purcell was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era. He was extremely prolific, his compositions including more than 100 songs, the tragic opera Dido and Aeneas, and incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream called The Fairy Queen. Purcell's musical style was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements.

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Most played works

Works by Henry Purcell on Live Klassisk, counted across all 80 concerts. Upcoming ones first.

• Didos klageZ. 626 · 5 concerts
• The Fairy QueenZ. 629 · 4 concerts
• Begravelsesmusikk for dronning MaryZ. 860 · 3 concerts
• Dido og AeneasZ. 626 · 3 concerts
• Bess of BedlamZ. 370 · 3 concerts
• Mad Songs2 concerts
• Fantasier2 concerts
• Thrice Happy LoversZ. 629 · 1 concerts
• Three Parts upon a GroundZ. 731 · 1 concerts
• The Tempest1 concerts