’Beauteous Softness’ - Tim Mead, David Bates, La Nuova Musica (trailer)

Countertenor Tim Mead presents ’Beauteous Softness’, a programme containing restrained yet profoundly moving songs by seventeenth-century English composers such as Purcell, Blow, Humfrey and Webb, in collaboration with La Nuova Musica and David Bates. The album also showcases the rich musical context that provided the foundation from which Purcell rose to prominence. The full album is available from 24th March, 2023.