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Robert Evans, Robert King, Tessa Bonner, The King's Consort, Michael George, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore, Michael Chance & Gillian Fisher

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Robert Evans

Bass

Robert King

Conductor

Tessa Bonner

Soprano

The King's Consort

The King's Consort

Orchestra

Michael George

Bass

James Bowman

Counter-Tenor

John Mark Ainsley

John Mark Ainsley

Tenor

Mark Padmore

Tenor

Michael Chance

Counter-Tenor

Gillian Fisher

Soprano

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Henry Purcell

Composer

Lyrics

Why, why are all the Muses mute?

Why sleeps the viol and the lute?

Why hangs untun’d the idle lyre?

Awake, ’tis Caesar does inspire

And animates the vocal quire.

Written by: Henry Purcell

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