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Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from The Anvil in Basingstoke, as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs music by native and adoptive English composers.

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas was the first English opera, and is given a concert performance starring Sarah Connolly and Giles Underwood as Purcell's doomed lovers. This is accompanied by two of Handel's Concerti Grossi, including Alexander's Feast.

Handel: Concerto Grosso No 5 in D; Concerto Grosso No 7 in C (Alexander's Feast)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

Dido ...... Sarah Connelly (soprano)
Aeneas ...... Giles Underwood (tenor)
Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Margaret Faultless (conductor).