Today Is The 310th Anniversary

Today is the 310th anniversary of the birth of George Frederic Handel. How the great Hanoverian court composer moved to London and changed the direction of British music for a century is a story told in a new biography by Donald Burrows. He talks to Martin about Handel's relationship with King George the First, about his development of the oratorio as a secularized musical theater and Handel, the man behind the music.

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