Dido's Lament is heartbreakingly beautiful 💔 Composed by Purcell and performed by soprano Mary Bevan, lutist Elizabeth Kenny and cellist Joseph Crouch. See them at Spitalfields Music Festival on Tuesday 4 December! https://clssicfm.co/2Bzj3v4 | Classic FM

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“Dido’s Lament”, composed by Henry Purcell in 1689, has been played at London’s Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday by a military brass band for as long as anyone can remember. When you listen to the words in the original version, you soon realise why this piece is so appropriate and enduring for an act of remembrance. Its haunting melody and sorrowful text - expressing grief, loss and the plea to be remembered - perfectly capture the spirit of reflection and mourning that defines the occasion. Reel