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𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 was never a composer of easy compliments. His judgments could be abrupt, ironic, severe,…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦: 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗗, 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗗, 𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 Before naming specific composers or works, one essential truth must be stated: 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆. His criticisms…

# **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟯 — 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴** **𝗗𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶, 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁** At the beginning of November 1787, Mozart wrote from Prague to his…

# **Vivarte Collection Vol. 1 - Box Set 60CDs** **CD 1-2**: **Bach**: The Works for lute in Original Keys and Tunings - Lutz Kirchhof **CD 3**: **Bach**: Sonatas for Viola Da Gamba, Sonata a…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟯 𝗜𝗡 𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘, 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗬, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧 Gustav Mahler’s 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 is one of the most immense…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟮 𝗜𝗡 𝗖 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, “𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡”: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛, 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Audio Recordings in Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/collection/2129266 Gustav Mahler’s…

𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗜 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗙𝗙’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟮 𝗜𝗡 𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟮𝟳: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠, 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘃: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Audio Recordings in…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗚 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 (𝗜𝗩) “𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴” (𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟰–𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟳) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 By 𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟰, Beethoven was no longer a 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴𝘆, but a recognized musician within the court of…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗚 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 (𝗜𝗜𝗜) “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀” (𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟵–𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟯) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲 In the spring of 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟵, a new figure entered Beethoven’s life — 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗯 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲, a…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗚 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 (𝗜) “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻” (𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟬–𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟯) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭: 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 Ludwig van Beethoven was born on the night of 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲, 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟬, in…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦 Vienna, 1826–1827 Age at death: 56 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 — 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗠𝗡 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟲 Beethoven’s final decline did not begin in a single dramatic…

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟰𝟲𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭: 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗜𝗻 𝗖 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟲𝟴 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 𝗜𝗻 𝗙 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟵𝟬 Berliner Philharmoniker,…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 stands as one of the 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆’s most conscious inheritors of the 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 legacy. His admiration for composers such as 𝗝. 𝗦. 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹,…

𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 1. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Felix Mendelssohn was not merely a talented child — he was 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗻. Born in Hamburg in 1809 into a…

𝗔 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟳) 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲 To understand 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 in 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟳, one must begin with a paradox. He…

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 — 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟮 Quartet for pianoforte, violin, viola, and violoncello in C minor, Op. 1 (Berlin). 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟯 Quartet for pianoforte, violin, viola, and violoncello in F minor,…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟴: 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗬 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟲–𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟳) When Handel left Hamburg in the autumn of 1706, he was not fleeing failure. He was leaving behind a…

𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗦 - 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 What follows is the first developed section of this large historical panorama: a series of relationships, encounters,…

𝐋𝐞́𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 There are composers who change music through force, others through philosophy, and others through sheer theatrical instinct.…

𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗵𝗲 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle was far more than a world’s fair. It was a vast theatrical display of modern civilization, a place where nations exhibited…

𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐞𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫, 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 There are composers who expand musical language, and there are rarer figures who seem to create an entire spiritual…

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁-𝗦𝗮𝗲̈𝗻𝘀: 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗜. 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 Camille Saint-Saëns was born in Paris on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵, 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟱, and from the very beginning his life…

𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗞: 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟱 — No Opus — B001 — Forget Me Not [Nezapomeň na mě ne; Polka Pomněnka]. 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟵 — No Opus — B002 — Mass in B-flat major. 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟬 —…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟱: 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣, 𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗥𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗘𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗡 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟰) Among the decisive encounters of Handel’s youth, few were as fruitful, as tense, or as revealing as his relationship…