Handel in London

In 1712, a young German composer followed his princely master to London. That master would become King George II and the composer was George Frideric Handel. He would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the rest of his life, composing masterpiece after masterpiece. In Handel in London, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel's work throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell his story. It is a story of music-making and musicianship, of courts and cabals, of theatrical rivalries and of eighteenth-century society. It is also, of course, the story of some of the most remarkable music ever written, music that has been played and sung for three hundred years.'Beautifully written . . . The book's main achievement, though, is to evoke with admirable clarity and sympathy the rich, interdependent symbiosis between Handel, his singers, his audiences, the royal family and the great capital city that housed their life and work.' Jessica Duchen, Sunday Times'How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover and not a musicologist. In clear, lucid, entertaining prose, Jane Glover makes those of us who lack musical literacy better understand and appreciate Handel's divinity.' Donna Leon, author of Handel's Bestiary and the Inspector Brunetti mysteries