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The Incidental Theatre Music of Henry Purcell

Friday, September 18, 8 PM
The Henry Purcell Society of Boston presents
The Incidental Theatre Music of Henry Purcell

Ian Watson, harpsichord | Guy Fishman, cello | Jesse Irons and Susanna Ogata, violins, Emily Dahl, viola | Jessica Cooper, Margot Rood and Sarah Moyer, sopranos | Douglas Dodson, countertenor | Eric Christopher Perry, tenor | Jacob Scharfman and David McFerrin, baritones

In the last five years of his life, Henry Purcell wrote incidental music for more than forty plays. In the first concert of its second season, the Henry Purcell Society of Boston will feature the instrumental suites from Abdelazer andOld Bachelor, with vocal music from The Fairy Queen, The Maid's Last Prayer, Oedipus and witty gems from other plays such as A Fool's Preferment and The Canterbury Guests. Don't miss this exciting performance!

About the Henry Purcell Society of Boston: "The Henry Purcell Society of Boston" was founded in November of 2013. The inaugural concert, "Welcome to all the Pleasures," was a huge success, with a full house in the audience and a celebration to follow for the musicians and audience members. In its first critical review, the Henry Purcell Society of Boston was said to have "presented a smash-bang debut" to a "packed house," and that audiences should "keep an ear out for this new ensemble."(Boston Music Intelligencer).