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Proms Composer of the Week: Handel

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By the late 1730s, Handel was devoting less attention to opera and more to oratorios. Chris de Souza looks at this shift of emphasis and at Handel's triumph in Dublin with the premiere of Messiah.
Music includes excerpts from
Messiah and Israel in Egypt and the Concerto Grosn* in D, Op 6 No 5. Repeated next Thursday 12 midnight

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Chris de Souza
Source: Radio Times

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