Birthday Songs

My favorite birthday songs are both by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). The first is Sound the Trumpet (performed here by Alison Balsom, Iestyn Davies, and company), and the second is Now the Night is Chased Away (performed here by Lea Desandre, with Thomas Dunford's Jupiter ensemble). Lyrics of Sound the Trumpet : Sound the trumpet, sound the trumpet, sound the trumpet! Sound, sound, sound the trumpet…