Welsh conductor Grant Llewellyn , recently appointed musical director of the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, is profiled during recordings of Handel's Messiah.
Berlioz's
L 'Enfance du Christ, performed to mark the bicentenary of his birth. The choir of Clare College, Cambridge, the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique are conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. Berlioz Day is tomorrow from 9am. Radio 3
A teenager's true-life troubles are unflinchingly depicted in Maryse Sistach 's 2001 drama. In Spanish with English subtitles. Review page 56. (W)
New releases are reviewed.
With music from Dianne Reeves , Soweto Kinch , Danilo Perez and piano trio the Bad Plus.
Mos Def, Chuck D and Richie Havens contribute to a profile of the rap icon.
How Chuck Yeager tried to break the sound barrier and, 20 years later, Donald Campbell broke the water-speed record. (S)
