With Susan Sharpe.

Fairest Isle
1.00 The Quest for Deirdre
J.M. Synge's play Deirdre of the Sorrows enjoyed a vogue amongst composers in the earlier part of this century, and many of them set it to music. Lewis
Foreman tells the story of Deirdre and introduces excerpts from operatic versions by Karl Rankl, Healey Willan, Fritz Hart and Cecil Gray.

Deirdre ALISON PEARCE (sop)
Levarcham ANNE-MARIE OWENS (mezzo)
Conchubor ...JONATHAN VEIRA (bar)
Naisi ........JEFFREY LAWTON (tenor) w
with Gordon Wilson (tenor), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo) and David Barrell (bar)
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth Repeated Friday 12 midnight

2.00 Schools Playtime
2.15 Time to Move
2.35 Listen!

Fairest Isle
3.00 British Cities: Bristol in the 18th Century
The West Country cathedral city and port was probably the venue for the first performances of Handel's music outside London, at a St Cecilia's Day concert in 1727. Tess Knighton sets the scene and introduces recordings of pieces which played a significant part in the musical life of the city, including that very first Handel performance, Te Deum and Jubilate (Utrecht) (HWV278-9).
Producer Chris Masrshall