Friedrich Handel – Die Macht der Musik (Box-Set, Br-Klassik)

Handel’s journey from Halle via Hamburg, Rome and Hanover to London is the story of an unprecedented rise: from temporary organist to cuddly child of the high aristocracy, from courtly conductor to freelance artist in the most exciting cultural metropolis in Europe. At the age of 26 he was a European celebrity, asserting himself on the highly competitive music market of London as a leading opera composer, through his work for the royal family and his church music, which also played a political role in the Anglican state religion: the king was head of the church and the Glorification of God also served to represent his worldly power. Nobody could and cannot escape the dramaturgically targeted effect of Handel’s powerful pompous style.