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# **Handel - Floridante - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-nicholas-146975656?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-nicholas-146975656?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Floridante** was composed by **George Frideric Handel** in **1721** and premiered on **9 December 1721** at the **King’s Theatre, Haymarket**, London. It belongs to a…

# **Handel - Atalanta - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-atalanta-146975336?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-atalanta-146975336?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **A Festive Opera with a Public Purpose** **Atalanta** was composed by **George Frideric Handel** in **1736** and premiered at the **King’s Theatre in London** on…

# **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 - 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 - 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…

# **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 - 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…

# **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 –…

# **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…

# **Handel - Joshua - Oratorio - 1747 - Laurence Cummings ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-joshua-145842781?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-joshua-145842781?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-joshua-145842781?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *Joshua* was composed by **George Frideric Handel** in **July 1747**, immediately after the triumph of *Judas Maccabaeus*. The two oratorios are…

# **Handel - Faramondo - Opera - 1738 - Laurence Cummings ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-faramondo-145842133?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-faramondo-145842133?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-faramondo-145842133?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *Faramondo* is an Italian opera seria in three acts composed by **George Frideric Handel** in **1737–1738**, during one of the most…

# **Handel - Alcina - Opera - 1735 - Les Musiciens du Louvre - Marc Minkowski ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alcina-du-145741714?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alcina-du-145741714?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-alcina-du-145741714?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Magdalena Kožená**, mezzo-soprano **Erin Morley**, soprano **Alois Mühlbacher**, countertenor **Anna Bonitatibus**, mezzo-soprano **Elizabeth DeShong**, mezzo-soprano **Valerio…

# **George Szell — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life of Discipline, Intelligence, and Control** George Szell (1897–1970) was one of the most formidable conductors of the 20th century. Feared by orchestras, admired by…

# **Soprano Leontyne Price, conductor Karl Bohm, and George Shirley posing during a production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” 1966-67.**

# **Biographical Portraits of the Key Figures Who Shaped the Göttingen Handel Tradition** ## **I. Oskar Hagen (1888–1957) — The Visionary Who Reawakened Handel’s Theatre** Oskar Hagen was not a musician by training but…

# **Handel - Agrippina - Opera - 1710 - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-agrippina-145467098?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-agrippina-145467098?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. Venice, 1709: A Young Genius Arrives in the City of Opera** When **George Frideric Handel** arrived in Venice in…

# **Handel - Coronation Anthems - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-anthems-145466434?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-anthems-145466434?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. London, 1727: A New King and a New Musical Era** When **George I** died on **June 11, 1727**, the Hanoverian dynasty faced…

# **Handel - Saul - Oratorio - 1739 - Laurence Cummings ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-saul-145465444?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-saul-145465444?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. The Genesis of a Revolutionary Oratorio (1738–1739)** When **George Frideric Handel** began work on *Saul* in the summer of…

# **Handel - The Choice of Hercules - Dettingen Te Deum - Festpiel Orchester Göttingen - Laurence Cummings ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-choice-of-145464825?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-choice-of-145464825?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-choice-of-145464825?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) # ***The Choice of Hercules*****: A Complete Narrative Portrait** ## **I. Handel in 1750:…

# **Brahms - Violin Sonatas - George Kulenkapff, violin - Georg Solti, piano - Studio Recording in 1948** [[[https://www.patreon.com/posts/brahms-violin-145333666?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/brahms-violin-145333666?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/brahms-violin-145333666?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/brahms-violin-145333666?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)** ** ***Three masterpieces of lyricism, intimacy, and mature emotional depth*** Brahms wrote only **three** violin…

# **When to Listen to Handel or Bach: Psychological States and Life Circumstances** Although Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel were born in the same year, wrote within the same stylistic universe, and…

# **Handel - Tamerlano - Opera - 1724 - George Petrou ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-tamerlano-145226778?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-tamerlano-145226778?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *A psychological opera seria of cruelty, love, and imperial fragility* When **Handel** composed ***Tamerlano*** in **1724**, he was at the height…

Maria Callas with George Pretre