In this Handel News article from June 2010 Thomas Goleeke talks about singer John Beard who was the first to sing the title role in Belshazzar.
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In this Handel News article from June 2010 Erhard Meier discovers that Handel had used the new instrument.
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In this Handel New article from June 2010 Leslie Robarts continues his discussions on the genius of Handel.
Continue reading “On the genius of Handel (5). Giving GFH his due”Championing Handel
In this Handel News article from February 2010 Mark Windisch reports about the Stanley Sadie Memorial Lecture by Dr David Vickers titled Stanley Sadie’s Contribution to Handelian Scholarship, Performance and Understanding.
Continue reading “Championing Handel”On the genius of Handel (4). Himself alone
In this Handel News article from February 2010 Leslie Robarts continues his defence of the genius of Handel.
Continue reading “On the genius of Handel (4). Himself alone”On the Genius of Handel (3). Variety in chorus, character and theme.
In this Handel News article from February 2010 Leslie Robarts continues his dissertation about the genius of Handel.
Continue reading “On the Genius of Handel (3). Variety in chorus, character and theme.”Handel’s Connection With The Family Of The Duke Of Wellington
This Handel News article from October 2009 by Linda Clark narrates Handel’s relationship with the Duke of Wellington’s family, based on Jane Wellesley’s “Wellington: a journey through my family”.
Continue reading “Handel’s Connection With The Family Of The Duke Of Wellington”On the Genius of Handel (2)
In this second in a series of Handel News articles from 2009 Leslie Robarts continues his defence of the genius of Handel.
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In this Handel News article from January 2009, Mark Windisch examines the rivalry between two 18th Century men involved in the history of music.
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In this Handel News article from January 2009 Mark Windisch reports on the Stanley Sadie Memorial Lecture given at the Handel House Museum in June 2008 by Donald Burrows entitled “Retracing the steps of the composer in Handel’s Ariodante”.
Continue reading “Third Stanley Sadie Memorial Lecture”Aci Galatea e Polifemo at the 2008 Festival
In this Handel News article from June 2008 Sir Timothy Lloyd takes us behind the scenes of a remarkable performance of a Handel work with a fascinating history.
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In this Handel News article from June 2008 Erhard Meier offers a fascinating insight into the evolving performing tradition of Handel – from the perspective of a fellow German expatriate.
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In this Handel News article from June 2008 Robin Sisson offers some personal thoughts on that year’s opera production.
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In this Handel News article from March 2006 Rosemary and Fernando Vasetti talk about the season of baroque music in Italy for that year.
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In this first of a series of Handel News articles starting in 2004 Leslie Robarts defends the genius of Handel against the views of Peter Kivy in his book “The Possessor and the Possessed: Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and the Idea or Genius”.
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In this Handel News article from March 2004 Leslie Robarts relates research into the life of Handel’s father by Aileen Adams.
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The Ways of Zion Do Mourn
In this Handel News article from July 2003 David Vickers talks about the church music composed by Handel for the funeral of Queen Caroline.
Continue reading “Anthem For The Funeral Of Queen Caroline”The Fourth Voice
In this Handel News article from September 2000 Duncan Chisholm recounts 19th century singer Emma Calve’s experience of learning to reproduce a vocal ‘trick’ she heard a castrato use in Rome.
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In this Handel News article from December1994 Dr Graham Pont discusses Handel’s Gavott In Otho and its variations.
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In this Handel News article from April 1994 Linda Clark describes a visit she made to the Palazzo Pamphili in Rome, where Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno was first performed.
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