Composer of the Week

Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks

Part Five

Friday 22 December 2006 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)

Repeated: Friday 29 December 2006 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Donald Macleod follows the composer's footsteps through the city's historic theatreland with writer and broadcaster Roderick Swanston. They traverse the West End in search of the theatres in which Handel's operas were performed, from the former King's Theatre in Haymarket to the former incarnation of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and a long-vanished third opera house at Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Duration:

1 hour

Handel Walk

Illustration by Mel Burgum.

Links 
Theatre Royal Haymarket 
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Playlist

Cara Sposa (Rinaldo)
Rinaldo ...... David Daniels
Decca 467 087-2
CD1 t23

Giulio Cesare (excerpt)
Cleopatre ...... Barbara Schlick
Giulio Cesare ...... Jennifer Larmore
Concerto Cologne
Rene Jacobs (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMX290 1385/7

Serse (excerpt)
Serse ...... Carolyn Watkinson
Le Grand Ecurie et la Chambre de Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire (conductor)
Sony Classical SM3k36941
cd1 T1-4

Deidamia (excerpt)
Nerea ...... Dominique Labelle
Fenice ...... Furio Zanasi
Licomede ...... Antonio Abete
Ulisse ...... Anna Bonitatibus
Deidama ...... Simone Kermes
Choir and Orchestra of Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (conductor)
Virgin Veritas 5 45550 2
CD3 t16-20

Composer of the Week

Episode and Playlist Information

• Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • Part Three
  • Part Four
  • Part Five