In this Handel News article from 2017 Dr Wolff describes the experiences of the Goettingen Handel organisation in bringing the music of Handel to younger audiences. This ground breaking initiative points the way to providing sustainable audiences for the future.
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In this Handel News article from September 2017 Dr Shuker describes the events which led to the uncovering of an earlier score of Handel’s ever popular pastorale “Acis and Galatea”, than has been available before. It is postulated that this fair copy score was made by William Babell. The reasons of coming to this conclusion is based on characteristic individual stylistic mannerisms in the copy. It is thought that this score dates from 1718, the year in which the piece was first performed in Cannons.
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In this Handel News article from September 2017 Dr Graham Pont explores some interesting phenomena which he has come across in his researches. Readers are asked to draw their own conclusions about the value of pursuing this line of research.
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