Born in Halle an der Saale on 23 February 1685 and died in London on 14 April 1759, George Frideric Handel is one of the central composers of the European Baroque. He was trained by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow in Halle before periods in Hamburg and Italy acquainted him with the art of opera and the stylistic currents of his time. From 1712 he worked permanently in London, where his Italian operas, oratorios, anthems and instrumental music shaped an unmistakably cosmopolitan idiom. Works such as the „Messiah“, the „Water Music“ and the „Music for the Royal Fireworks“ join dramatic eloquence, contrapuntal density and a festive quality that still speaks directly today.
Georg Friedrich Händel
Composer / Organist / Harpsichordist
