George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Part Four
Thursday 12 May 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Thursday 19 May 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
4/5. Between the accounts of the Water party in 1717 and February 1919, there is no mention of Handel's activities in the London press. He was, during this time, composer in residence at Cannons, the magnificent palace of the Duke of Chandos in Edgware, where he composed music for private performance, completing one his finest works of the decade: Acis and Galatea.
Playlist
Chandos anthem No.6: As pants the Hart
April Cantelo (sop) Ian Partridge (tenor)/ Choir of King's College, Cambridge/ Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Andrew Davis (organ)/ Sir David Willcocks (cond)
Decca 436 257-2 Tr 9-15
Oboe Sonata in G Minor HWV 404
Anthony Robson (oboe)/ Orchestra of the Sixteen/ Harry Christophers (cond)
Collins Classics 70402 Tr 17-20
Suite no. 5 in E major
IV - Air and 5 Variations ('The harmonious blacksmith')
Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
Chan 0669 Tr 23
Acis & Galatea - Excerpt Act 2
Les Arts Florissants/ William Christie (cond)
Erato 3984-25505-2 CD 2 Tr 13-17
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