Handel In London: Five Musical Walks
3/5. Donald Macleod and Lewis Foreman explore sites along the Strand where, in the shadow of the opera house at Covent Garden, Handel undertook his musical business, from visits to publishers to private performances in an enthusiast's attic and a local tavern. The final stop is the museum of the Foundling Hospital, London's first home for abandoned children and Handel's favourite charity. Chorus: Virtue, Truth and Innocence (Esther) The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 6 Vienna Concentus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Sonata in A Op 1 No 3
Elizabeth Wallf isch (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)
Anthem for the Foundling Hospital (excerpt) Judith Nelson and Emma Kirkby (sopranos), Shirley Minto (contralto), James Bowman (countertenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Choir of Christ Church
Cathedral, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Simon Preston Rptd Tuesday 12 midnight