Henry Purcell is our very own Mozart. His rise was almost as meteoric: he was singing in the Chapel Royal in 1669, when he was only ten, and became an organist at Westminster Abbey ten years later.

Music of the Baroque, with orchestra, chorus and a lineup of luscious solo voices, presented a program Saturday making clear why Henry Purcell (1658-1695) is a permanent monument of English music. On ...