Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The first of this week's lunchtime concerts from Bath features soprano Emma Kirkby who is surely one of the most influential figures in the movement that has revolutionised the way people now listen to early music. Her recital entitled Orpheus in England, given at
Bath's Assembly Rooms, celebrates the genius of two of England's greatest composers from the16th and 17th centuries, John Dowland and Henry Purcell. Emma Kirkby (soprano), Jakob Lindberg (lute)
2.30 British Symphony Series
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
Michael Roll (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Alexander Shelley
Walton Variations on a theme by Hindemith
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Michael Tippett Symphony No 2
BBCSO, conducted by the composer
4.00 The Making of Music
17/30. Handel. Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series. Under a German king. a German composer made English music great. He invented English oratorio, and wrote works like Messiah, which became one of the foundation stones of the English choral tradition.