#handel

[masonyin]

50 composers

[resentful-reads]

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

[thatsbelievable]

[vintagehomecollection]

In the family room of the Alameda house. Centered on a small Craftsman-style oak side table, a Handel lamp, with a delicately colored stained-glass shade, illuminates the red tones of the fir wainscoting.

The Bungalow: America’s Arts & Crafts Home, 1994

[sgiandubh]

Sunday sounds: a change of heart

When Haendel wrote his Organ Concerto in B-flat, Op. 4, No. 6, around 1738, little did he know its posterity would likely be a bit different, and for the better. What was originally planned as a simple interlude to more serious works, turned into pure magic, with the help of a clever change of heart and solo instrument.

From organ to harp and tailored for the Welsh virtuoso William Powell. Here, in a splendid rendition by the Spanish TV and Radio Orchestra. Featuring the Basque Nicanor Zabaleta, perhaps the best harpist who ever graced this Earth:

[operaqueen]

Joan Sutherland

[dr-chibbers]

When people say they don’t like Classical Music, I guess they just can’t Handel it

[gasparodasalo]

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in g-minor, Op. 1 No. 6, HWV 364a, II. Allegro. Performed by Hiro Kurosaki, violin, and William Christie, harpsichord, on period instruments.

[akathecentimetre]

Milan and the surrounding countryside, early 18th century. Bertarido, king of Lombardy and Milan, has been attacked and deposed by Grimoaldo, an ally of his estranged brother, Gundeberto. Gundeberto was killed in the battle and Bertarido vanished, leaving his queen, Rodelinda, and a young son, Flavio, in the power of the victorious ally, Grimoaldo. As a reward for defeating Bertarido, Grimoaldo was promised the hand of Bertarido’s sister, Eduige—which would grant him a legitimate claim to the throne at Milan. Eduige and Grimoaldo fell in love, but she would not marry him while mourning two brothers—one dead, one presumed so. From abroad Bertarido has sent word of his own death, intending to return to Milan in disguise, rescue his wife and son, and escape to an anonymous life far from the vagaries of politics and the burden of government. The news of his death has devastated both Rodelinda and Eduige. Grimoaldo, intent on gaining the throne, weighs his options, counseled by two advisers—Garibaldo, his closest aide, and Unulfo, a member of Bertarido’s cabinet who maintains intimate ties with the royal family and is the only person who knows that Bertarido still lives. - MetOpera.org ; full opera synopsis here.

Bonus (for @agarthanguide because it's her quote) :

[bobdobalina]

Dipping a toe into baroque opera

[sofysta]

Passacaglia - Handel/ Halvorsen

[supercantaloupe]

happy birthday opera

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

this just in: stéphanie d’oustrac and ying fang are SERVING over at the dutch national opera

[dimespin]

Saw a post that fit her entirely too well