1/5. This week Donald Macleod looks at the music and lives of two 18th-century English composers who were household names in their day, Thomas Arne and William Boyce.
Arne Which Is the Properest Day to Drink? Deller Consort
Fame's an Echo; Not on Beds of Adding Flow'rs
(Comus) Julianne Baird (soprano), Alison Mackay (viola da gamba), Colin Tilney (harpsichord) Harpsichord Sonata No 3 in G Trevor Pinnock Boyce Trio Sonata No 8 in E flat
Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage (violin) Arne Frolic and Free Richard Morton (tenor), Parley of Instruments, director Roy Goodman
Boyce Coronation Anthems: The King Shall Rejoice: Come, Holy Ghost; Praise the Lord, 0 Jerusalem Choir of New College, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, director Edward Higginbottom Producer Cath McGhee Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight RT DIRECT: CD offers: Arne, Six Favourite Concertos (ref: [number removed]); Boyce, The Eight Symphonies (ref: [number removed]) - these are available for E6.99 each. Price includes p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or phone: [number removed] (national rate), or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect, quoting reference number