(1685-1759)
Simon Heighes explores the extent to which Handel can be counted as an English composer, and starts with his contributions to the London stage.
'Twas when the seas were roaring from the what d'ye call it (The Alchymist)
Patrizia Kwella (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood Or la tromba (Rinaldo) James Bowman
(countertenor)
King's Consort/ Robert King
Let us take the road (The Beggar's Opera)
Roger Bryson (bass)
Broadside Band, director
Jeremy Barlow
/ rage, / melt, I burn;
0 ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea) Willard White (bass)
English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner
Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 6 No 7
English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
Alceste (excerpts)
Soloists, Academy of Ancient Music, director
Christopher Hogwood Producer Lindsay Kemp