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# **Handel - The Water Music - Christopher Hogwood ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-water-144574555?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-water-144574555?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel - Jephtha - Neville Marriner (Decca)** **A Fabulous Recording ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-jephtha-144574327?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-jephtha-144574327?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel - Lotario - Attilio Cremonesi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-144573739?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-lotario-144573739?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. A Turbulent Operatic Climate in London (1729) and the End of an Era** When Handel composed *Lotario*, he was navigating one of the…

# **Handel - Rodelinda - Opera - 1725 - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rodelinda-144572124?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rodelinda-144572124?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. The Operatic Climate in London and Handel’s Position (1724–1725)** When Handel undertook the composition of *Rodelinda*, he stood at…

# **THE DEATH OF JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** *Murder, mystery, and the fall of a French master* Few deaths in the history of classical music are as dramatic or as shrouded in…

# **Handel - Ode for St Cecilia’s Day - Wolfgang Helbich - Naxos ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-ode-for-144204981?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-ode-for-144204981?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **THE FINAL ILLNESSES OF BACH VS. HANDEL — A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS** *A study of two giants facing the collapse of the body* ## **I. Introduction — Two Titans, Two Declines** Johann Sebastian Bach…

# **HANDEL’S FUNERAL AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY — A FULL NARRATIVE**A ## **I. London in Mourning — April 1759** In the days following George Frideric Handel’s death on the morning of **April 14, 1759**, London…

# **THE DEATH OF GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** ## **I. London, 1758–1759 — A Body in Decline, a Spirit Still Burning** Handel entered the final year of his life as a…

# **Handel, Muzio Scevola - Opera - London 1721 -Rudolph Palmer ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-muzio-144034390?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-muzio-144034390?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-muzio-144034390?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *London, 1721 — An Opera with Three Composers* ## **I. A Singular Experiment in Operatic History** *Muzio Scevola* is one of…

# **Handel, Siroe, re di Persia - Opera - 1728 - Rudolph Palmer** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-siroe-re-144034137?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-siroe-re-144034137?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel, Sosarme, re di Media - 1732 - Johannes Somary ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-sosarme-144033868?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-sosarme-144033868?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. The Place of *****Sosarme***** in Handel’s Operatic Career** *Sosarme* occupies a fascinating moment in Handel’s London operatic life. Composed…

# **Handel, Israel in Agypten, arr Mendelssohn - Hermann Max ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-israel-in-144033157?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-israel-in-144033157?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Felix Mendelssohn’s arrangement and revival (1833)** ## **I. Background: Why Mendelssohn Chose *****Israel in Egypt*** By the early 19th century, Handel…

# **Handel - Ottone, Re di Germania - George Petrou - Il Pomo D'Oro ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-ottone-re-144032765?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-ottone-re-144032765?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Handel - Orlando - Opera - William Christie - 3 CDs ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-orlando-3-144032550?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-orlando-3-144032550?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

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G.F. Handel - Tolomeo: Stille amare | Max Emanuel Cencic at the Bayreuth Baroque Festival - Petrouhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xV__qGO4Q4