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“Remember me!” Norrington and LPO provide emotion and insight in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

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“Norrington’s characteristic eye for detail and shape infused the music”
Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 30 January 2019
Handel, Water Music, Suite no. 1 in F major, HWV 348
Handel, Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Concert performance)
Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor
Marie-Claude Chappuis, Dido
Benjamin Appl, Aeneas
Lucy Crowe, Belinda
Miriam Allan, 2nd Woman
Edward Grint, Sorceress, Spirit
Martha McLorinan, 1st Enchantress
Anna Harvey, 2nd Enchantress
Hugo Hymas, Sailor
Schutz Choir of London
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