BBC- The Birth of British Music

**The Lawspeaker** · 03-01-2011, 01:07 AM

BBC- The Birth of British Music

Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores the development of British music through the lives, times and music of Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn in a major new four-part series.

Contributors include: Dr Walter Reicher (Haydn Festival), Marshall Marcus (Head of Music, South Bank Centre), pianist Howard Moody, soprano Sophie Daneman, The Esterhazy Ensemble, Professor Simon McVeigh (Goldsmith's, London), Professor Frank James (The Royal Institution of Great Britain), Dr Chris Lintott (Oxford University) and Dr Kirsteen McCue (Glasgow University).

The Birth of British Music, Charles Hazlewood

Henry Purcell: The Londoner

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George Frideric Handel: The Conquering Hero

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Joseph Haydn: The celebrity

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Felix Mendelssohn: The prophet / The birth of British music

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**The Lawspeaker** · 03-01-2011, 01:18 AM

It's rather typical of the BBC that they (all but one) only show foreign composers that had an influence on British music. As if the Kingdoms didn't have any composers of their own.