Handel in London: Five Musical Walks.
2/5. Donald Macleod traces Handel's royal connections, beginning at Westminster Abbey, where he meets the organist James O'Donnell to survey Handel's decorative tomb. He is then joined by Lewis Foreman for a stroll along Whitehall to Banqueting House and Queen Mary's Steps on the River Thames, where the royal party of 1717 departed for the famous performance of Water Music. The final stop is the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace.
Coronation Anthem No V. Zadok the Priest, HWV258 Trevor Pinnock (organ), Choir of Westminster Abbey, English Concert, director Simon Preston Utrecht Te Deum Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, Parley of Instruments, conductor John Scott Water Music Suite in D/G (excerpt) The English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) Eternal Source of Light Divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Stephen Cleobury Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight