Donald Macleod explores Handel's first operatic smash hit, Agrippina, written for the leading house in the birthplace of opera, Venice. Show more

Donald Macleod on Handel's Italian patrons - princes, marquises, cardinals, duchesses - all dazzled by the brilliance of the man they knew as Il caro Sassone (the dear Saxon). Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on the varied repertoire of secular cantatas for Handel's chief Italian benefactor, the Marchese Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Show more

Donald Macleod explores the impact Italian music and Italian musical virtuosity had on the young Handel, who absorbed the style of Corelli in particular. Show more

Donald Macleod explores after-echoes of Handel's Italian years in his English works. Show more