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• Celebrity charity concerts are now regular occurrences but Amanda Vickery and Tom Service explore the story of one of the first, in Messiah At The Foundling Hospital (BBC Two)
• Suzy Klein looks at the start of mass consumption of music in a three-part series about music of the 18th century (BBC Four)
• In a unique partnership with Royal Collection Trust (BBC Four), Lucy Worsley looks at the First Georgians
• Acclaimed tenor Rolando Villazon on the first performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni in Prague (BBC Two)
• Carole Cerasi plays the 1740 Burkat Shudi harpsichord at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace in a special BBC Radio 3 broadcast

The BBC has unveiled full details of Eighteenth Century Britain: Majesty, Music and Mischief, a major new season exploring the extraordinary transformation that took place across the arts throughout the 18th century.