Henry Purcell's music for the Funeral of Queen Mary was written for the March 1695 funeral of Queen Mary II, and sets a text taken from the Book of Common Prayer, the standard service book of the Church of England. Scored for SATB chorus, four trumpets and basso continuo, it employs chromaticism to a degree that was unusual in English music of the time, and shows Purcell at his simplest and most moving, almost note-against-note without contrapuntal elaboration, unfolding with dignity and pathos.
Programme notes by Edward C. Yong
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Sofi Jeannin, conductor
Stefan Kiesling, organ/continuo organ
Eudenice Palaruan, choral director
Recorded live at the Victoria Concert Hall, 6 October 2019.
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