Suite from The Fairy Queen

Henry Purcell's "The Fairy Queen" is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This semi-opera, originally composed in 1692, includes instrumental music, songs, and masques to tell the story of fairies, mortals, and their tangled love affairs.   This suite contains the pieces:

1. Hornpipe
2.  Rondeau
3.  Chaconne

This work is part of our Solid Brass series.