First of 15 weekly programmes in which Christopher Hogwood traces the development and spread of the most popular and influential form of baroque chamber music. This introductory programme surveys the principles of thought behind the trio-sonata, as reflected in vocal music from the whole of the baroque period, by Monteverdi. Frescobaldi, Handel, Couperin and J. C. Bach , and as exemplified in Handel's Trio-Sonata in B minor. Op 2 No 1. Performed by MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY or ANCIENT music.
(Christopher Hogwood 's BBC Music Guide to The Trio-Sonata is now available, price £2.50)