Revisit baroque favourites made famous through films, adverts, ring tones and synthesised pop songs. From Pachelbel’s Canon to Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, we ask what really lies behind the music’s longstanding popularity?

ALBINONI Oboe Concerto in D minor (slow movement)

PACHELBEL Canon and Gigue in D

HANDEL The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon, HWV 67

BACH Air on the G string BWV 1068