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Richard Wistreich

Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Frideric Handel

Richard Wistreich

62 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 54 MINUTES • APR 03 2020

1
Title Page
00:32
2
Birth and First Adventure of the Six Year Old
04:28
3
First Test at the Duke of Saxe-Weißenfels
02:45
4
Decision to Foster His Musical Talent
02:58
5
Apprenticeship in Halle with Zachau
03:58
6
At Court in Berlin with Buononcini and Ariosti
03:40
7
Refusal of the Kings Sponsorship
02:41
8
The Hamburg Opera
03:52
9
Situation at the Hamburg Opera
01:15
10
Squabbles in Hamburg and a Commission
03:43
11
Handel's Operas in Hamburg
01:57
12
Contact with a Tuscan Prince
02:39
13
Setting Out for Italy
00:33
14
A Glance at Music in Italy and in France
06:47
15
Florence
01:07
16
Rodrigo
01:04
17
Venice
00:48
18
Agrippina
01:46
19
Rome Encounters with Corelli
02:35
20
Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno
01:14
21
Encounters with Alessandro & Domenico Scarlatti
03:00
22
At the Cardinals Colonna & Pamphilii / Attempts at Conversion / La resurrezione
03:06
23
More of Italy
02:55
24
Engagement at the Hanoverian Court / Visits to Halle & Düsseldorf
04:25
25
First Journey to London / State of Music There
03:00
26
Rinaldo and a Sketch of the Librettist Rossi
05:10
27
Back in Hanover
01:20
28
Second Journey to England
01:46
29
Handel's Unwillingness to Return to Germany / The Elector of Hanover Becomes King of England
02:05
30
Water Music
01:22
31
Acquaintance with Lord Burlington, Pope and the Duke of Chandos
04:35
32
To Dresden in Quest of Singers
00:44
33
Radamisto
02:03
34
Academy at the Haymarket Theatre
04:57
35
Quarrels with Senesino & Cuzzoni
04:19
36
A Company with Heidegger / New Singers from Italy / Move to Lincoln's Inn Fields
03:08
37
Move to Covent Garden / Crisis of Self-Confidence
04:38
38
Cure in Aachen
01:25
39
New Attempts at the Haymarket Theatre
03:44
40
A Turn of Attention to Oratorio
03:02
41
Dublin (Messiah Benefit Concert)
02:09
42
Return to London / Applause for Oratorios
01:34
43
Messiah for the Foundling Hospital / Death
02:03
44
Blindness / Loss of Appetite / The Character of the Man to Explain the Artist
04:49
45
Catalog of Works Overview & General Remarks
02:00
46
List of Works
07:40
47
Observations on the Works
04:48
48
Quotation with a Comparison of German and Italian Styles / Handel's Preference for the Italian
03:31
49
Italian Music Since Palestrina
03:45
50
Interaction Between Handel & the Italians / Handel's Particular Mastery in Choral & Sacred Music
01:45
51
Value of Harmony and Melody in Instrumental & Vocal Music
04:54
52
Uneven Success in Handel
01:58
53
Tartini as Example of Vocal Writing for Instruments
02:05
54
Importance of Textual Considerations in Composition
02:39
55
Exceptional Nature of Handel's Choral Music Not Withstanding Pope's Criticism
02:34
56
Effects of Handel's Oratorio Style (Messiah)
02:15
57
Particular Effect of Recitative in Expressing Religion & Humanity
00:55
58
Duets & Trios as Perfect Composition (Acis and Galatea)
05:44
59
Qualities of Instrumental Music
01:14
60
Keyboard Music
01:07
61
Place and Significance of Religion & Humanity in Handel's Works
01:11
62
Exemplary Character of Handel's Works
02:54
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