5/5. All his life, Handel tried to avoid court appointments, yet he was always involved with royalty and fulfilled many ceremonial commissions. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Water Music: Suite No 1 in F, HWV348 (Hornpipe) The English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock Te Deum (Utrecht) (final section)
Felicity Palmer (soprano), Marjana Lipovsek (alto), Philip Langridge , Kurt Equiluz and Thomas Moser (tenors), Ludwig Baumann (bass),
Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Vienna Concentus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt Coronation Anthem No V.Zadok the Priest, HWV258 Thurston Dart (harpsichord),
John Langdon (organ), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, conductor David Willcocks
Funeral Anthem: The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, HWV264 (excerpt) Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble, Bremen Baroque Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Helbich
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight