747313554157

Handel: Switzerland

Handel

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Cat No: 2110541

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Release Date:  09 January 2011

Label:  Naxos - Dvd City / Naxos DVD

Packaging Type:  DVD Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  747313554157

Genres:  Soundtrack  TV Show  

  • Description

    The Places; The canton of the Graubunden, the Grey Leagues, covers the largest territory of all Swiss cantons, while remaining the most sparsely populated. Geographically it borders the Southern Tyrol, Austria and Liechtenstein, and linguistically has a population in part Romansch-speaking, while other languages used include German, Italian and, to a much lesser extent, French. The canton has traditional importance as a crossing-point between south and north in Europe. The Music; Music for the tour is taken from four Concerti grossi by Handel. Born in Halle in 1685, Handel had his first musical employment there and then in Hamburg, before moving in 1706 to Italy, where he remained until 1710, when he was appointed Kapellmeister to the Elector of Hanover. He travelled almost at once to London, where he had been engaged to compose an Italian opera, and from 1712 until his death in 1759 settled in England, winning fame first as a composer of Italian opera and then as the creator of English oratorio.