Slippedisc daily comfort zone (58): Man that is born

Slippedisc daily comfort zone (58): Man that is born

Daily Comfort Zone

norman lebrecht

June 15, 2021

Purcell’s irresistible music for the funeral of Queen Mary.

Comments

  • fflambeau says:
    June 16, 2021 at 4:39 am

    “Irresistible”?

    How can something that has been forgotten for so long be irresistible?

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  • christopher storey says:
    June 16, 2021 at 11:15 am

    I don’t know where the “forgotten” comes from ? This turns up regularly on programmes in the UK, particularly in events like the Three Choirs festival . However, I did find that I could “resist” the very heavy handed and ? unmuffled drumming

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  • E says:
    June 16, 2021 at 11:19 am

    Beautiful! Thank you for posting
    this!

    Reply
  • Stephen Gould says:
    June 16, 2021 at 1:48 pm

    “There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs”

    Reply

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