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# **Georg Friedrich Handel - Acis and Galatea **(Chantilly) 2025 - Charlotte Bowden - Guy Cutting - Staffan Liljas - Valerio Contaldo - Chamber Choir Cappella Mediterranea - **Leonardo García Alarcón**, Conductor - VIDEO…

𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐑 𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐇 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎: 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄’𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 (1855–1895) 𝐈. 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇, 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐘 (1855–1873) 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 (1855–1922) was born on 12 October…

𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗦 — 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 https://www.patreon.com/collection/2029289 𝗜𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗢 𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢 — 1707 𝗟𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗭𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗘 — 1708 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 (𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡) — 1718 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 (𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗗) — 1732 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗛 — 1733 𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔 —…

𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 — 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2021910 Almira — 1705 Nero — 1705 (lost) Florindo — 1708 Dafne — 1708 Rodrigo — 1707 Agrippina — 1709 Rinaldo — 1711 Il pastor fido —…

MOZART BIOGRAPHY , JAN SWAFFORD: ## 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 — 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 The chapter opens with an intimate, almost confessional…

**THE MOST FERTILE AND PASSIONATE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF BAROQUE COMPOSERS** The Baroque era was a time of intense artistic networks. Courts, churches, academies, theatres, and constant travel created human connections that profoundly…

# **Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)** Samuel Scheidt completes the celebrated trio of early German Baroque masters often called the **“Three S’s” — Schütz, Schein, and Scheidt**. If Schütz brought Italian dramatic expression to sacred music…

# **Beulah Collection 4 ** 1. 20th Century Voices Vol. 1 - Teresa Stich-Randall, Ljuba Welitsch, Kirsten Flagstad 2. 20th Century Voices Vol. 2 - Aksel Schiøtz, Fritz Wunderlich, Mario Lanza 3. 20th Century…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐬’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐫𝐚 Johannes Brahms is often described as the great Classical Romantic, a composer who stood apart from…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐧’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 Joseph Haydn stands at the heart of the Classical style, yet his musical language grew directly out of the Baroque world that…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 The relationship between Beethoven and the Baroque tradition is one of the most fascinating continuities in the history of music.…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭’𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 The history of Western music is not a sequence of ruptures but a chain of transformations. Few composers embody…

# **The Transition from Baroque to Classicism** ## The real driving composers and why ## **Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)** — the birth of Classical keyboard language Scarlatti is one of the most revolutionary figures in…

# **Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)** was one of the most fascinating figures of the German Baroque: a composer, opera singer, diplomat, music theorist, journalist, and both friend and occasional rival of Handel. ## Origins and…

# **Beulah Collection 2** 1. Adrian Boult at The BBC - **Humperdinck**, **Tchaikovsky** & **Holst** (1932-1945) 2. Adrian Boult conducts **Elgar** The Dream Of Gerontius Prelude, Symphony No. 2, Sospiri 3. Adrian Boult conducts…

𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲. Among the great German masters of the Baroque, 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1681–1767) occupies a uniquely fascinating position.…

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 The most international voice of the German Baroque If Bach represents spiritual depth and Telemann represents versatility, 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 (1685–1759) represents global success, theatrical genius and…

𝗝.𝗦. 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 The spiritual architect of Baroque music Among the three great German Baroque masters — 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, and 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, Bach represents…

𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1681–1767) was one of the most prolific and admired composers of the Baroque era. Born in Magdeburg, he was largely self-taught and showed extraordinary musical talent from childhood, mastering multiple instruments…

𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 — 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 Leopold Stokowski was one of the most charismatic, theatrical, and influential conductors of the twentieth century. He reinvented the role of the conductor,…

**William Boyce (1711–1779) **was one of the most important English composers of the 18th century and a central figure in the country’s musical life after Purcell and Handel. Born in London, he became organist…

**George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)** was one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era and a central figure in London’s musical life. Born in Halle, Germany, he trained in Italy before settling in England,…

**Arcangelo Corelli** (1653–1713) was one of the most influential composers of the Baroque era and a central figure in the development of instrumental music. Born in Fusignano, Italy, he spent most of his career…

**Domenico Scarlatti** (1685–1757) was one of the most original keyboard composers of the Baroque era and a central figure in the history of the harpsichord. Son of Alessandro Scarlatti, he was trained in Italy…