'Myself I Shall Adore' was a piece from an oratorio, Semele, composed by Georg Friedrich Händel in the mid 1744, performed by Carolyn Sampson and The Sixteen. * Myself I Shall Adore Carolyn Sampson The Sixteen Conducted by Harry Christophers BBC Proms ------------------------------------------------------ Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, and concertos. Handel was born in Germany in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. He received critical musical training in Italy before settling in London and becoming a naturalised British subject. His works include Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. He was strongly influenced by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition. ----------------------------------------------------- Semele is a 1744 opera, or oratorio, in three acts by George Frideric Handel, based on the classical myth of Semele, mother of Dionysus. The work was first performed on 10 February 1744 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London. However Handel's camouflaging failed. The audience for the concert series, held yearly during Lent at London's Theatre Royal, Covent Garden expected Bible-based subject matter. Most oratorios, including most of those by Handel, would have met this expectation. But the amorous topic of Semele, which is practically a creation of the late <b>...</b>
Myself I Shall Adore
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Semele
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The Sixteen
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