Handel 2009 Archive









Handel House media partnership with BBC Radio 3

Handel House Museum and BBC Radio 3 worked in partnership to celebrate Handel's life and music in 2009, with special programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 3 throughout the year.

Operas on Afternoon on 3

The first complete cycle of forty-two Handel's operas was broadcast every Thursday on Afternoon on 3. 

The following recordings were used for these broadcasts:

8 and 9 January: Almira (CPO 999 275-2) cond. Andrew Lawrence-King
15 January: Rodrigo (Virgin Veritas 5 45897 2) cond. Alan Curtis
22 and 23 January: Agrippina (Phillips 475 8285) cond. John Eliot Gardner
29 and 30 January: Rinaldo (Decca 467 087-2) cond. Christopher Hogwood
5 February: Il Pastor Fido  (Live performance recorded at the Oper Halle, 14th June 1992) cond. Denys Darlow
12 February: Teseo  (Erato 2564 69651-9) cond. Marc Minkowski
19 February: Silla  (Somm SOMMCD 227-8) cond. Denys Darlow
26 February: Amadigi di Gaula  (Naive AM 133) cond. Eduardo Lopez Banzo
5 and 6 March: Acis and Galatea  (Linn CKD319) cond. John Butt
12 and 13 March: Radamisto  (Harmonia Mundi - discontinued) cond. Nicholas McGegan
19 March: Muzio Scevola  (Newport Classics NPD85540/2) cond. Rudolf Palmer
 26 March: Floridante  (DG Archiv 477 6566 3) cond. Alan Curtis
2 and 3 April: Ottone  (Hyperion CDA66751/3) cond. Robert King
9 April: Flavio  (Harmonia Mundi HMX2908241.49) cond. Rene Jacobs
16 and 17 April: Giulio Cesare  (DG Archiv CD 474 2102 3) cond. Marc Minkowski
23 and 24 April: Tamerlano  (Avie AV0001) cond. Trevor Pinnock
30 April and 1 May: Rodelinda  (DG Archiv 00289 477 539-1) cond. Alan Curtis
7 and 8 May: Scipione  (FNAC Music 592245) cond. Christophe Rousset
14 and 15 May: Alessandro  (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697489402) cond. Sigiswald Kuijken
21 and 22 May: Admeto  (Virgin 7243 5 61369 2 2) cond. Alan Curtis
28 and 29 May: Riccardo Primo  (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697174212) cond. Paul Goodwin
4 June: Siroe  (Harmonia Mundi HMC 901826/27) cond. Andreas Spering
11 June: Tolomeo  (Mondo Musica MMH 80080) cond. Howard Arman
18 June: Lotario  (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876587972) cond. Alan Curtis
25 and 26 June: Partenope  (Live performance recorded at the Theater an der Wien, 1st March 2009) cond. Christophe Rousset
2 July: Poro  (Göttingen Handel Festival) cond. Konrad Junghänel
9 and 10 July: Ezio  (DG Archiv 477 807-3) cond. Alan Curtis
16 July: Sosarme, re di Media (Fernando) (Virgin Veritas VCS 3654832) cond. Alan Curtis
17 and 18 September: Orlando  (Erato 2564 69653-2) cond. William Christie
24 and 25 September: Arianna in Creta  (Live performance recorded at the Barbican Centre, London , Sunday 17th May 2009) cond. Christopher Hogwood
1 and 2 October: Terpsicore and Oreste  (Terpsicore: Hungaraton HCD31193, Oreste: MDG 609 1273-2) cond. Nicholas McGegan (Terpsicore), George Petrou (Oreste)
8 and 9 October: Ariodante  (Philips 00289 473 9552) cond. Raymond Leppard
15 and 16 October: Alcina  (EMI CMS 35861-2) cond. Richard Hickox
22 and 23 October: Atalanta  (Hungaraton 112612-14) cond. Nicholas McGegan
29 October: Arminio  (Virgin VCD 545 461-2) cond. Alan Curtis
5 and 6 November: Giustino  (Harmonia Mundi - discontinued) cond. Nicholas McGegan
12 November: Berenice  (Newport Classics NPD 85620/3) cond. Rudolph Palmer
19 November: Faramondo  (Virgin Classics 5099921661129) cond. Diego Fasolis)
26 and 27 November: Serse  (Virgin Classics 5457112) cond. William Christie
3 December: Imeneo  (CPO 630 494-4) cond. Andreas Spering
10 December: Deidamia  (Virgin 545 550-2) cond. Alan Curtis
17 and 18 December: Semele  (Chandos CHAN 0745) cond. Christian Curnyn
24 December: Hercules  (DG Archiv 469 532-2) cond. Marc Minkowski
29 December: Theodora  (Live performance recorded at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg (Salzburg Festival), Saturday 25th July 2009) cond. Ivor Bolton

Highlights:

  • The Essay Series: The Great and Good Mr Handel, every night from 14 to 18 December at 11pm.

Previous Highlights:

  • Featured Composer of the Week from 13 April
  • A week of in-depth programming from 13 April to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death on 14 April 1759. This will include a recording of Handel's Eight Great Harpsichord Suites, performed in Handel's house by renowned harpsichordist Laurence Cummings and a live broadcast from Handel House on 19 April.

Handel House Museum at 25 Brook Street will be at the heart of the Handel celebrations this year. This landmark address is where Handel lived for thirty-six years of his life and where he died on 14 April 1759.