The Early Music Show - Rites of Remembrance

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert from the 2010 Brighton Early Music Festival. The soprano Emma Kirkby is joined by the International Baroque Players, and the newly formed BREMF Consort of Voices, directed by Deborah Roberts. The concert includes music written in remembrance of the dead, laments from the Old Testament and Classical myths set by composers including Purcell and Pergolesi; Lucie Skeaping introduces a selection of music from the concert in today's programme.