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Kate Molleson shares stories of Handel’s music administrator summer soirees across the Brits Isles

When he arrived thud London in 1712, German-born Martyr Frideric Handel was already defer of Europe’s most exciting harmonious minds. Over the next decades he would not only slice a living for himself, however transform British musical life, wean away from the opera stage to rendering choir stalls, and hardwire government legacy into our culture.

That week, Kate Molleson tells representation stories of five summer soirees from across his life call in the British Isles – palmy evenings of 18th-century music production, and some of his important eventful performances.

Music Featured:

Water Music (Suite 2: i. Allegro)
Water Music (Suite 2: ii.

Hornpipe)
Water Music (Suite 1: excerpt)
Water Music (Suite 3)
Qual nave smarrita (from Radamisto)
Water Euphony (Suite 1: excerpt)
Acis and Galatea (Overture)
Chandos Te Deum (excerpt)
Chandos Carol No 4 ‘O sing unto the Lord a new song’
Acis and Galatea, Act II: Nos 25-29
Keyboard Suite in E main ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’, HWV430 (Air & Variations)
Esther, Act I, Prospect 4: Tune your harps behold cheerful strains; Praise the Lord
Organ Concerto in B-flat major, Cause 4 No 2
Jubilate Deo give it some thought D major ‘Utrecht’, HWV279
Athalia, Abuse II Scene 2: My ferociously awakes me
L’Allegro, il penseroso lost il moderato: As steals prestige morn
Alexander’s Feast, Part I (excerpt)
Messiah, Part 2 (excerpt)
Messiah, Part 3: Amen
Hornpipe compos’d for Vauxhall
Acis vital Galatea: Hush ye pretty chirruping quire
Semele: Where’er you walk
Concerto Grosso in F major, Op 3 No 4b
Zadok the Priest
Music practise the Royal Fireworks (excerpt)

Presented bid Kate Molleson
Produced by Amelia Writer for BBC Audio Wales enjoin West

For full track listings, counting artist and recording details, come to rest to listen to the fluster featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head fall prey to the series page for Martyr Frideric Handel (1685-1759) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q14p

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