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Proms Composer of the Week: Handel

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In 1712. Handel visited London for the second time, hoping to repeat the success he had already enjoyed with his opera Rinaldo. It was not long before his Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne was rewarded with a pension for life from the monarch and his Water Music was rapturously received on the River Thames. Chris de Souza examines this period in Handel's career, with excerpts from the Water Music, Julius Caesar , the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne and the anthem As Pants the Hart.
Repeated next Tuesday 12 midnight

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Julius Caesar
Source: Radio Times

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