Rent David Starkey's Music and Monarchy (2013)
3.9 of 5 from 46 ratings
4h 30min
The subject matter will appeal to few, the impact of royalty on music from Henry V onward. It is a serious historical account. This is not mainstream stuff, but to have it presented by an ugly old man with a slight speech defect whose interviewing skills are as poor as the worst (eg Jonathan Ross), constantly interrupting interesting and knowledgeable experts with his own dreary opinion, is to make this account even less accessible. Merely wearing a pink cravat and marbled spectacles is not eccentric enough to stop him being irksome. The content and the musical examples, for those who like the history of music, is however very interesting.