From the Royal Festival Hall, London, in the presence of His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent.
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Choir of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, director Stephen Cleobury
Musicians of the Royal Military School of Music, conductor Lt Col C G Ross
arr Gordon Jacob National Anthem
Walton Overture: Portsmouth Point
Elgar Overture: In the South (Alassio)
Maw Variations for Orchestra (BBC commission)
8.30 Matchless Man
Bruce Wood considers the posthumous tributes of poets and composers that followed Purcell's death. Rpt
8.50 Purcell
Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II
Lord, how long wilt thou be angry? (Z25)
God, Thou art my God (Z35)
Britten Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell