The Birth of British Music 2, 4: Handel The Conquering Hero ( Andy King Dabbs, 2009) VOSI

In the second of four programmes, conductor Charles Hazlewood explores the glorious music of Handel, who made his home in Britain and became a celebrity and national icon in the process. Millions across the world heard Handel s Zadok the Priest when Elizabeth II was crowned Queen at Westminster Abbey in 1953, but he was immensely popular in his own lifetime too, as his memorial in Westminster Abbey shows. Worldrenowed soloists Danielle de Niese and Ian Bostridge join Charles Hazlewood s ensemble, Army of Generals, in some of the bestloved music in our history.