Aesthetes
With Peggy Reynolds. In the National Portrait Gallery, the third Earl of Burlington can be seen in the grounds of Chiswick House, which he designed and built. He was interested in art and music as well as architecture - Handel dedicated an opera to him, and the Royal
Academy of Art is housed in what was his London home. Music includes excerpts from:
Handel Acis and Galatea
King's Consort, conductor Robert King Stravinsky Apollon Musagete
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Purcell Dido and Aeneas
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock
Bononcini Griselda
London Philharmonic, conductor Richard Bonynge