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Richard Wigmore explores Handel’s work through the lens of six pivotal years in his life, relating to both his music and his biography

The rarely performed baroque oratorio was presented with a clever family-style concept by director Sydney Roslin

You may have had your fill of mysterious old allegories and symbols, watching all those swords and sceptres, spurs and spoons being wafted around at the coronation. If not, though, the Academy of Ancient Music has revived one of the deepest and most poignant of allegorical music dramas.

An exquisite and subtle Handel feast focusing on his early Roman works. Classical music review by David Nice

This year’s Whitsun Festival in Salzburg blew audiences away with Händel's first oratorio ‘Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno’. The oratorio in two parts is masterly stage directed by Robert Carsen with artistic direction from Cecilia Bartoli. This 2021 edition of the festival was dedicated by Bartoli to her native city of Rome where Händel created the piece. It was his first ever oratorio and he wrote it at the young age of 22 on his first trip to the city. Rome as an inspiration Bartoli tells us that in Händel’s music “there is all this energy”, “you can almost picture h...