Leisure and Recreation
6.30 New series
The People's Oratorio
The first of three illustrated programmes on Handel's Messiah presentedbyLeonardpearcey.
' The Sublime, the Grand and the Tender adapted to the most elevated, majestic and moving words conspired to transport and charm the ravished heart and ear.'
(A contemporary diarist after the first performance in Dublin in 1742) Series producer GRAHAM TAYAR
7.0 Music, Maestro. Please!
Ten programmes on how the listener can get more enjoyment from music.
8: Who Wrote That?
HOWARD REES suggests that the confusion and diversity in today's music is more apparent than real, and offers advice on how to enjoy it. (Lifelines returns next Wed)