Henry Purcell: A carol for Innocents' Day

from Old Christmas Returned by Passamezzo

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17thC Christmas Carol with music by Purcell

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A Carol for Innocents’ Day
Remember Herod’s rage, who slain those infants dear,
There nothing could assuage his wrath which was severe;
But shedding of those infants’ blood, to end his hateful strife,
That he thereby might cause to die the blessed Lord of life.
An angel in the night warned Joseph in a dream
To take a speedy flight, since Herod’s vast extreme
Of hateful cruelty was such to seek the infants’ life,
“Take Mary mild, and her sweet child, avoid this hateful strife.”
New Carrolls for the Merry Time of Christmas, 1661

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from Old Christmas Returned, released March 2, 2017
Eleanor Cramer: Soprano
Robin Jeffrey: Lute
Alison Kinder: Bass viol

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Passamezzo London, UK

London based early music ensemble specialising in English 16th and 17th repertoire.

Early modern music, song, ballads, theatre & dance. Viols, lute, voices, violin, recorders, harp. Christmas, Elizabethan, Tudors, Stuarts

Part of the intercultural project 'Shore to Shore', working with Moroccan Sufi musicians, Ensemble Mogador.
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