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# **Handel - Arianna in Creta - Nicholas McGegan** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-arianna-146974237?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-arianna-146974237?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Composed by **George Frideric Handel** and premiered in London in **1734**, *Arianna in Creta* retells the ancient myth of **Ariadne and Theseus**, but reshapes…

# **Handel - Alcina (highlights) - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alcina-146974060?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alcina-146974060?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel - Arias with Avery Amereau - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-arias-146973739?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-arias-146973739?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel - Terpsicore, Alcina & Ariodante (Excerpts) - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alcina-146973570?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alcina-146973570?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel - Rinaldo (Ensemble Hypothesis) ** **This recording is fabulous** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rinaldo-146842122?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rinaldo-146842122?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rinaldo-146842122?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel - Alceste - Franck-Emmanuel Comte ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alceste-146840665?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alceste-146840665?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **1. Genesis and Historical Context (1749)** **Alceste** is one of the most fascinating *unfinished* dramatic projects by **George Frideric Handel**, composed in **1749** as **incidental…

# **Handel - Agrippina - Christopher Hogwood [rec.1983] ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-agrippina-146840338?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-agrippina-146840338?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel - Acis und Galatea, arr. Mozart - Handel & Haydn Society - Christopher Hogwood ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-acis-und-146839981?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-acis-und-146839981?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **1. Handel’s Original Work (1718): The English Pastoral Ideal** **Acis and Galatea** was composed by **George…

# **Handel - Acis & Galatea (arr. Felix Mendelssohn) - Stephen Darlington ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-acis-arr-146839510?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-acis-arr-146839510?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **1. Handel’s Original Work (1718): A Pastoral Masque** **Acis and Galatea** was composed in **1718** for the Duke of Chandos…

# **The Duel of Giants: Porpora and Handel in London ** London in the 1730s: An Operatic Battleground By the early 1730s, London had become the most lucrative and volatile operatic capital in Europe.…

# **List of Baroque works most closely associated with Christmas ** ## 🎄 BAROQUE ORATORIOS, CANTATAS & VOCAL SACRED WORKS FOR CHRISTMAS **Johann Sebastian Bach** * **Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248** (1734–1735) * Cantata BWV…

# **Handel - Messiah - Peter Dijkstra ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-146667770?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-146667770?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **History, dates, context, anecdotes, and legacy ** *Messiah* is not only Handel’s most famous work; it is **one of the most influential cultural creations in…

# **Handel - Messiah - Rebaroque, Gary Graden - Recorded Live in Stockholm Cathedral in 2016 ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-146667519?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-146667519?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-146667519?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **George Frideric Handel — *****Messiah***** and Charity** **Music as Social Ethics** From its very first…

# **Handel - Jephtha - Oratorio - Matthias Grunert - (Carus, 2008)** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-jephtha-146569874?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-jephtha-146569874?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Bach(s) _Organ Works for Four Hands_Olivier Vernet, Cédric Meckler ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-s-organ-for-146567304?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-s-organ-for-146567304?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) 1. **Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach** – *Sonate pour claviers à quatre mains* in C major, **HW XIII** 2. **Wilhelm Friedemann Bach** –…

# **L'Oiseau-Lyre - The Baroque Era - Box Set 50 CDs ** **CD1** **ARNE – Overtures** Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood **CD2** **BOYCE – Eight Symphonies, Op. 2** Hogwood **CD3** **BLOW –…

# **ANECDOTES FROM MOZART’S LIFE ** **1. The encounter with Johann Christian Bach (London, 1764–1765)** At the age of **8–9**, Mozart met **Johann Christian Bach** in London, a central figure of the galant style.…

# **Handel - Siroe, Re di Persia - Opera - 1728 - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-siroe-re-145976459?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-siroe-re-145976459?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **George Frideric Handel — *****Siroe, Re di Persia*** **Genre:** Opera seria **Librettist:** Pietro Metastasio **First performance:** 17 February…

# **Handel - Susanna - Oratorio** - **1749 - Laurence Cummings** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-susanna-145976191?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-susanna-145976191?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **George Frideric Handel — *****Susanna*****: The History of Its Composition** Handel’s ***Susanna*** occupies a distinctive and revealing place in his output, standing…

# **Different Worlds, Equal Genius: *****Alcina***** and *****Figaro*****, *****Giulio Cesare***** and *****Don Giovanni***** as Twin Summits of Operatic Art** Despite belonging to different traditions, musical languages, and historical moments, **Handel’s *****Alcina***** and Mozart’s *****Le…

# **Handel - Brockes-Passion - 1716 - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-brockes-145844286?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-brockes-145844286?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Handel’s *Brockes-Passion* is one of the most remarkable Passion settings of the early 18th century, not least because it is based on a…

# **Handel - Lotario - Opera - 1729 **- **Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-145844033?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-145844033?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *Lotario* was composed in **1729–1730** and occupies a pivotal position in **Handel’s London operatic career**. It was written immediately after the…

# **Handel - Arminio - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-arminio-145843802?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-arminio-145843802?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *Arminio* was composed in **1736–1737**, during one of the most difficult and unstable phases of **Handel’s London career**. Italian opera was rapidly losing its dominant…

# **Handel - Rodrigo - Opera - 1707 - Laurence Cummings ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rodrigo-145843409?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rodrigo-145843409?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rodrigo-145843409?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *Rodrigo* holds a unique place in Handel’s output as **his first fully Italian opera** and the work that effectively launched his…