loveHandel - Handel's Oxford Connection
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Tatty Theo, cellist and founder of award-winning music ensemble The Brook Street Band, has always loved the composer George Frideric Handel's music. In the #loveHandel podcast, Tatty shares her passion for Handel, with information about Handel's life and music, and why she thinks it is so great. Here's to a whole new audience getting to #loveHandel's music! loveHandel - Handel's Oxford Connection Handel visited the city of Oxford in July 1733, to give a series of concerts and receive an honorary degree in music. Tatty Theo takes us through Handel's time in Oxford, looking at the music performed, and how Handel's time there was reported in the press. The week was a huge success for him, financially and in terms of raising his profile, but he never did manage to get that degree... With thanks to Arts Council England and #NationalLottery and its players, for funding this project.
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