Purcell | Sound the Trumpet | Rowan Pierce & Academy of Ancient Music

Rowan Pierce and David Blackadder are the soloists, with Steven Devine directing in this full-length film of &Sound the Trumpet&from &Masque of Hymen&Daniel Purcell&completion of Act 5 of Henry Purcell&opera The Indian Queen. The Masque, which is in praise of marriage, is light relief performed at the very end of the opera after the action has reached its violent and grisly conclusion. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound, sound the trumpet, let Love’s subjects know, From Heav’n’s high vault to Erebus below, That from this hour their discords all shall cease; Love, that can only do it, will give ’em peace. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC director and harpsichord: Steven Devine soprano: Rowan Pierce trumpet: David Blackadder &Joseph Crouch RECORDING: Recorded at All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London August 2018 Music Producer: Matthew Bennett Balance Engineer: Dave Rowell Filming: Guy Wigmore Project: Season Sessions 18-19 with grateful thanks to the AAM Strategic Recording Fund #academyofancientmusic