Since the Middle Ages, the Stabat mater - the meditation of the Virgin at the foot of the cross - has been set to music countless times in the simplest and grandest of styles. Gillian Paterson introduces a brief survey of these settings, from plainsong to Penderecki via Palestrina, Part and Liszt. The music is performed by the Taverner Choir and Consort, conducted by Andrew Parrott, and the viol consort Fretwork.

(Rpt)
(See also tomorrow 10.00am)