Sean Rafferty explores the legacy of Cosimo Medici and his sons, whose love of music and the arts made Florence one of the cultural hot spots of the Renaissance. Music includes at 5.35 Saint-Saens's
Caprice sur Des Airs Danois et Russes, Op 79, performed by Pascal Roge (piano), Maurice Bourgue (oboe), Michel Portal
(clarinet) and Catherine Cantin (flute); at
5.00 Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (orch Stokowski) played by the Philadelphia Orchestra under
Wolfgang Sawallisch ; and at 6.35 Weber's Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat, Op 74, performed by Charles Neidich with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.