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The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Music For Awhile – Purcell
February 27, 2026 in Music | Tags: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude - Music For Awhile - Purcell | by The Arbourist | Leave a comment
Purcell again, and for good reason. If O Solitude is the sound of inward withdrawal, Music for a While feels like the next chamber over: not relief exactly, but enchantment—grief briefly ordered by art. The ground bass keeps returning like a thought you cannot quite dismiss, while the voice moves above it with that distinctly Purcellian mix of poise and ache. Baroque music is often accused of formality; pieces like this remind you that form can be the very thing that lets feeling speak.



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