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

Playlist (Odes): http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list... 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 ___ 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) ___ Emma Kirkby, soprano Anthony Rooley, lute Recorded in October 1982 Pitch: A = 392 Hz ___ The score featured in this video is from 'Orpheus Britannicus'. Marc D.