MOST of us associate the air commonly known as “Handel’s Largo” with heavy-footed organists, condescending conductors, loggy contraltos, soppy boy sopranos, intermission at the movies, and ...

Concerto For 2 Mandolins, Strings And Continuo In G, RV 532: 3. Allegro Concerto in F Major for Flute & Strings, Op. 10, No. 1, RV 433 "La tempesta di mare": 2. Largo Music For The Royal Fireworks: ...

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When George Frederic Handel wrote his opera Xerxes, he little knew that it would owe its fame not to the stage but to churches all over the world where organists swell out the peaceful first-act aria ...

Xerxes, or Serse, to give it the Italian title, may have been a flop at its conception, but its enduring Largo aria has touched many hearts since it was first performed in 1738. Unexpectedly, Handel's ...