19.12.2011 - Handel

[french frank]

1/5. Handel in Italy: Donald Macleod presents music from the early part of Handel's career in Italy.
2/5. Conflict and Resolution: three operas from key moments in Handel's career.
3/5. Handel and the Age of the Celebrity Singer: three of the most important singers in Handel's career.
4/5. Handel and His Royal Masters: music by Handel written for various British monarchs.
5/5. Handel and Jennens: the collaborations between Handel and librettist Charles Jennens.

[doversoul1]

Donald Macleod on top form (as ever) and absolutely enjoyable. Lots of wonderful performances. But no repeat?! How on earth am I going to find three more excuses to sit down by the radio at noon now?

[Flosshilde]

I thought that the last programme was interesting, especially about Jennen's Jacobite sympathies & the coded messages he slipped into the oratorios, especially as Handel was virtually court composer to the Hanoverians in England.