Nigel 🌍 on Nostr: I sometimes feel, when listening to the Purcell sonatas, something quite similar to ...

I sometimes feel, when listening to the Purcell sonatas, something quite similar to when the horologist takes the back off a fine antique clock and you gaze in wonder at its elegance. The sontatas are almost like Purcell's saying, "Music? You want to know how it works? Here, let me show you".

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