‘A new golden age in English choral music’
Mon 19 Sep 2016
The Choir of the Age of Enlightenment performs its first solo a capella concert.
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Dido & Aeneas CD
Henry Purcell Dido & Aeneas
An opera in three acts
with Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, Lucy Crowe, Patricia Bardon, William Purefoy, Sarah Tynan, John Mark Ainsley, Carys Lane and Rebecca Outram.
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Choir of the Enlightenment
Elizabeth Kenny & Steven Devine music directors
Total Playing Time: 69.49
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Sensual, sultry and explicit; yep we’re talking Monteverdi Vespers
Wed 23 Feb 2011
No, really, we are.
It’s also joyous, intense, life enhancing and dance-like. Sounds like pretty good stuff eh?
In this, one of our latest videos, Alison Bury (violinist and OAE Leader) and Nicholas Mulroy (tenor from the Choir of the Enlightenment) talk about this extraordinary piece, which as you will know, as just been released by us on our new label. Enjoy the video, and remember you can order it direct through us for the knockdown price of £15 for the two CD set. Plus first 100 orders get a FREE OAE book. Also on that link are directions to various places you can download the recording.
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