In this Handel News article from January 2015 Mark Windisch discusses the relationship between Handel and his father following his reading of a paper by Dr Aileen K. Adams in the Journal of Medical Biography in August 2005.
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In this Handel News article by Tony Watts from October 2014 a review of 9 reviews of Rinaldo at Glyndebourne is presented.
Continue reading “Review of Reviews: Rinaldo at Glyndebourne, August 2014”Halle 2014 – II
In this Handel News article from October 2014 Charles Bonney gives us his review of the concerts he attended at Halle 2014.
Continue reading “Halle 2014 – II”Halle 2014 – I
In this Handel News article from October 2014 Mark Windisch appraises the concerts he attended at Halle 2014.
Continue reading “Halle 2014 – I”Handel Down Under: the First 50 Years
In this Handel News article from October 2014 Sandra Bowdler continues to talk about Handel’s music in Australia and in particular the beginning of the tradition of annual performances of Messiah.
Continue reading “Handel Down Under: the First 50 Years”Il Trionfo: A Personal Journey
In this Handel News article from October 2014 Brigitte Whitehead tries to get an insight on ‘El trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno’ by visiting Palazzo Pamphili in Rome–now the Brazilian Embassy–where it is thought this piece was first performed and then by looking at the manuscript at the British Library.
Continue reading “Il Trionfo: A Personal Journey”Salmson’s Statue of Handel in the Palais Garnier
In this Handel News article from October 2014 Mary Ann Parker talks about the statue of Handel that represents “la musique anglaise” (the English music) in the grand entrance hall of the Paris Opera (Palais Garnier).
Continue reading “Salmson’s Statue of Handel in the Palais Garnier”Boys Will Be Girls: Castrati en Travesti
In this Handel News article from October 2014 Calvin Wells, the Artistic Director of Ensemble Serse talks about the place of castrati playing female roles.
Continue reading “Boys Will Be Girls: Castrati en Travesti”George Frederick Handel: First Landscape Painter in Music
In this Handel News article form Octorer 2014 Dr Graham Pont talks about “L’allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” which inspired paintings by Mary Delany.
Continue reading “George Frederick Handel: First Landscape Painter in Music”Handel Encounters Vivaldi
In this Handel News article from February 2013 Thomas Goleeke discusses the possibility that Handel met Vivaldi in Venice.
Continue reading “Handel Encounters Vivaldi”Holy Trinity Organ for the Handel Society
In this Handel News article from October 2011 Geoffrey Holroyde describes the organ in the Holy Trinity church in Gosport. (with photos of the organ).
Continue reading “Holy Trinity Organ for the Handel Society”Staging Handel’s Operas and Oratorios: Views of a Naïve Enthusiast
In this Handel News article from October 2011 Tony Watts shares his ideas about how Handel’s operas and oratorios should be staged.
Continue reading “Staging Handel’s Operas and Oratorios: Views of a Naïve Enthusiast”What Developments In Early Eighteenth Century Are Reflected in Handel’s Career in London?
In this Handel Newsletter article from May 2011, Helen Dymond reviews the influence of the century’s developments on Handel’s London career.
Continue reading “What Developments In Early Eighteenth Century Are Reflected in Handel’s Career in London?”Princess Anne of Hanover, Handel’s Favourite Princess
In this Handel News article from 2011 Linda Clark talks about Handel’s favourite princess who was his music pupil at the age of 8.
Continue reading “Princess Anne of Hanover, Handel’s Favourite Princess”Handel and C Major
In this Handel News article from February 2011 Dr Graham Pont shows that analysis of Handel’s compositions reveals the avoidance of C and wonders why there was a dramatic change for two of his major oratorios.
Continue reading “Handel and C Major”Francesca Cuzzoni – Handel’s First Roselinda
In this Handel News article from February 2011 Thomas Goleeke recounts the history of the singer Francesca Cuzzoni and her participation in Handel’s music.
Continue reading “Francesca Cuzzoni – Handel’s First Roselinda”Performing Handel – The fifth Stanley Sadie Memorial Lecture
In this Handel News article from February 2011 Mark Windisch relays the lecture about performing Handel given by Christopher Hogwood at the Fifth Stanley Sadie Memorial Lecture at the Royal Institute on 15 November 2010.
Continue reading “Performing Handel – The fifth Stanley Sadie Memorial Lecture”Happy Endings
In this Handel News from October 2010 Leslie Robbart defends Handel’s baroque operas and their happy endings.
Continue reading “Happy Endings”Handel and Choral Societies
In this Handel News article from October 2010 Alan Cartwright talks about choral societies performing Handel’s music.
Continue reading “Handel and Choral Societies”Susanna Cibber
In this Handel News article from October 2010 Thomas Goleeke introduces the singer Susanna Maria Cibber, Thomas Arne’s younger sister who so impressed the Dean of St. Patrick’s church in Dublin when singing “He was despised” from Handel’s Messiah. “Woman, for this be all your sins forgiven!” he was heard saying.
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