Purcell: Z 321/7. Crown the altar (Celebrate this festival) - Kirkby (Rooley)

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Birthday Song for Queen Mary:
Celebrate this festival

Ode for soloists, chorus and orchestra

Text: Nahum Tate (1652-1715)

Music: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

First performance: 30 April 1693
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7. Crown the altar, deck the shrine
for alto and basso continuo

Published (arranged for soprano) in the second book of 'Orpheus Britannicus' (London: Henry Playford, 1702)
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Emma Kirkby, soprano

Anthony Rooley, lute

Recorded in October 1982

Pitch: A = 392 Hz
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The score featured in this video is from 'Orpheus Britannicus'.

Marc D.

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