The first of six programmes featuring music ranging from chamber to oratorio.
The performances are given by leading interpreters on both modern and period instruments; Michael Berkeley explores the background to the music and talks to the artists involved. Tonight Roger Norrington , one of the leading exponents of 'historically aware' performances, conducts the London Classical Players, led by John Holloway , in the Symphony No 6 in F major,
Op 68 (the Pastoral), recorded in Tewkesbury Abbey. Lighting DICK BENTLEY Sound PAUL JENKINS
Producer ANDREW QUICK BBC Wales