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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Composer
Born in Germany, he travelled widely, especially in Italy, before settling in England where he enjoyed considerable success. He wrote operas, oratorios (The Messiah-written in only three weeks) and orchestral music (The Fireworks Music and Water Music). A botched eye operation when he was 68 left him blind. He was buried in Westminster Abbey with great national splendour.
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Further Reading: Handel
Interview,
Kate Lindsey on Arianna
11th February 2020
The American mezzo (currently starring as Nerone in Handel's Agrippina at the Metropolitan Opera) talks to Katherine about her new recording of cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti, Handel and Haydn, released last month on Alpha.
Recording of the Week,
Handel's Agrippina starring Joyce DiDonato
31st January 2020
The American mezzo sings the title role of the scheming Roman matriarch in a starrily-cast recording of Handel's early opera with Il Pomo d'Oro, conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev.
Popular Works: Handel
- Acis and Galatea (37)
- Agrippina (16)
- Alcina (21)
- Alexander Balus (2)
- Alexander's Feast (33)
- Ariodante (14)
- Athalia (6)
- Belshazzar (10)
- Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317 (25)
- Concerti grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 HWV319-330 (24)
- Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest' (209)
- Coronation Anthem No. 2, HWV259 'Let Thy Hand be Stengthened' (29)
- Coronation Anthem No. 3, HWV260 'The King Shall Rejoice' (46)
- Coronation Anthem No. 4, HWV261 'My Heart is Inditing' (31)
- Coronation Anthems Nos. 1-4 (18)
- Deborah (4)
- Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (57)
- Esther (9)
- Giulio Cesare in Egitto (30)
- Hercules (11)
- Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a (10)
- Israel in Egypt, HWV54 (34)
- Jephtha (20)
- Joseph and his Brethren (6)
- Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (19)
- L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (17)
- La Resurrezione, HWV47 (16)
- Messiah (232)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 (172)
- Neun deutsche Arien, HWV202-210 (30)
- Organ Concertos, Op. 4 Nos. 1-6, HWV289-294 (21)
- Organ Concertos, Op. 7 Nos. 1-6, HWV306-311 (15)
- Orlando (15)
- Ottone, Re di Germania (4)
- Partenope, HWV 27 (6)
- Radamisto (3)
- Rinaldo (22)
- Rodelinda (19)
- Samson (13)
- Saul (30)
- Semele (12)
- Serse (21)
- Solomon (18)
- Susanna, HWV66 (5)
- Tamerlano (19)
- The Choice of Hercules (4)
- The Occasional Oratorio, HWV62 (5)
- The Triumph of Time and Truth (4)
- Theodora, HWV 68 (21)
- Utrecht Te Deum, HWV278 (11)
- Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350 (76)
