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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Composer of the Week: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Episode 4: Rise of the Oratorio

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Episode 4

Episode 4: Rise of the Oratorio

Rise of the Oratorio

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Rise of the Oratorio

How Handel's rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility produced considerable results.

Donald Macleod recounts how Handel's rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility drove the composer to produce his own glorious season of opera and oratorio.

Donald Macleod recounts how Handels rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility drove the composer to produce his own glorious season of opera and oratorio.

Overture: Deborah: 
The King's Consort
Robert King, conductor

Alcina (extract from Act 2)
Joyce DiDonato, soprano (Alcina)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis, conductor

Organ Concerto in G major, Op 4 No 1
Paul Nicholson, organ
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor

Sweet bird, that shuns't the noise of folly (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Gillian Webster, soprano
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh, conductor.

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Donald Macleod explores Handel's early years

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