PICK OF TODAY’S RADIO

CLASSIC FM’S MORE MUSIC DRIVE, 4PM, CLASSIC FM

SAINT CECILIA is the patron saint of music, and her feast day falls on the 22nd of November, helping to perk up a dark time of year. By happy chance, two great composers, Benjamin Britten and Joaquin Rodrigo, were born on this very day, so Sam Pittis plays Britten’s bright, cheerful A Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra on a St Cecilia’s Day special of his drivetime show. A recording of the guitar maestro John Williams performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, evoking warm, blossom-scented Spanish nights, is also on the bill.