Music for monarchs - from an extravagant outdoor display on the River Thames in the Water Music to the golden pomp and ceremony of a coronation in Westminster Cathedral in Zadok the Priest via the great 18th-century courts of Germany and Italy.
Emma Kirkby (soprano),
Charles Daniels and Mark Padmore (tenors), Matthew Hargreaves (baritone),
Andrew Manze (violin), Choir of New College, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood Handel Coronation Anthem No 3: The
King Shall Rejoice
Bach Violin Concerto in E, BWV1042 Handel Suite: Water Music
8.25 Handel In the Strand, Vivaldi on the Phone
Mark Russell looks at the history of Baroque music since the Baroque with the help of Brian Eno and Nicholas McGegan.
8.45 Handel Coronation Anthem No 1:
Zadok the Priest
Vivaldi Nulla in Mundo Pax; Concerto in F, RV571
Handel Sing unto God Repeated Thursday 2pm