I attach a link to the programme I did with Jools Holland broadcast yesterday about Vanbrugh’s involvement with music and opera – not a subject which is at all well documented and, indeed, the extent of his interest in Opera is mostly entirely speculative.  But I very much enjoyed doing it, not least because Jools Holland is himself so incredibly knowledgeable and enthusiastic about Vanbrugh: a true believer. 

Also, his producer had discovered the most amazing recording of Handel’s Eternal source of light divine – not the one which appears in the link on BBC Sounds, but Jestyn Davies singing on a recording for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee which you can find on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/track/1zDyLvZULlalzNA7djc9ZK).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002v1qx?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile