Composer of the Week - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Episode 2

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks 2/5. Donald Macleod traces Handel's royal connections on this second walk through the composer's London. Starting at Westminster Abbey to survey Handel's decorative tomb, he is then joined by Lewis Foreman for a stroll along Whitehall to the historic Banqueting House and Queen Mary's Steps on the River Thames, where the royal party of 1717 departed for the famous performance of the Water Music. The final stop is the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, for which Handel composed a birthday ode for Queen Anne. Zadok the Priest Trevor Pinnock (organ) Choir of Westminster Abbey The English Concert Simon Preston (conductor) Utrecht Te Deum The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral The Parley of Instruments John Scott (conductor) Water Music Suite in D/G (excerpt) The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director/harpsichord) Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne) Robin Blaze (countertenor) Choir of King's College, Cambridge The Academy of Ancient Music Stephen Cleobury (conductor).