Concept: The emsteemed one and only Gary Bristow

Tour guide: Richard Abram

This bright and breezy guide takes us in 50 stops from London, round Essex and East Anglia, up to Scotland, then—via Wales and the border counties—to the west country and the south coast. Finally, back to the capital, and a quiet diminuendo as we drift down the Thames. Along the way we encounter the Lincolnshire Poacher, the Lass of Richmond Hill, the Wee Cooper o’ Fife, a few favourite hymns tunes and the taste of Devonshire Cream and Cider.

Artists

Daniel Adni (piano), Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Garth Benson (organ), Ernest Lush (piano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ian Bostridge (vocals), Julius Drake (musician, piano), Polyphony (lead vocals), Stephen Layton (director), Teddy Layton (director), Robert Tear (vocals, tenor), Philip Ledger (piano, performed by), Tom Bullard, Benjamin Bayl (organ), Thomas Bullard (baritone), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Manuel Barrueco (musician, second vocals), Nancy Hadden (musician, second vocals), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), David Willison (piano), Scottish National Orchestra/Sir Alexander Gibson, Ian Partridge (tenor, vocals), Benjamin Luxon (baritone, bass-baritone), André Previn (piano), David Bell (instrumentation, organ), Frederick Harvey (baritone), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Edmund Walters (director), Malcolm King (bass), Peter Glossop (baritone), Richard Suart (bass), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), John Westbrook (narrator), Sioned Williams (harp), Thomas Williamson (piano), Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford (lead vocals), Clare College Singers & Orchestra (lead vocals), Gerald Moore (piano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Wells (organ), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Geoffrey Hughes/Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar, Janet Craxton (oboe), Desmond Wright (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Choir of King's College Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, King's Singers, London Madrigal Singers, Northern Sinfonia, Huddersfield Choral Society, Baccholian Singers, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Music Group of London, Sidney Torch, Jacques Orchestra, Britten Quartet, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Hughes, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, Sir John Barbirolli, Norman Del Mar, Boris Ord, Stephen Cleobury, Christopher Bishop, Robert Irving, Richard Hickox, Owain Arwel Hughes, George Weldon, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Adrian Boult, John Rutter, Malcolm Arnold, Yehudi Menuhin