Briefer Candles
Richard Baker looks at the all-too-brief lives of some famous musicians.
5: David Munrow. A brilliant musician, scholar and communicator, David Munrow was a masterly wind player who made early music popular again. He shared his enthusiasm with an audience of all ages in 650 editions of Radio 3's Pied Piper but took his own life at the age of 33. Music includes:
Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in A minor, RV445
Early Music Consort of London Pepusch Prelude
Mainerio // Primo Libro di Balli Early Music Consort of London