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Music and Musicians
The Story of ‘Messiah’
The first thing George Frideric Handel’s oratorio ‘Messiah’ did was to set a hundred and forty-two prisoners free.
music by George Frideric Handel 1685-1759
The Story of Handel’s ‘Water Music’
Handel’s German boss fired the composer for spending all his time in London. When they met again, it was... rather awkward.
The Seikilos Epitaph
Lost for seventeen centuries, caught up in a war, and used as a pedestal for a plant pot, this is the world’s oldest surviving song.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
A gifted composer of classical music in the romantic tradition, admired by Stanford, Elgar, and Sullivan.
music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 1875-1912
‘Nimrod’
Edward Elgar suffered from depression, and ‘Nimrod’ is his token of thanks to the true friend who supported him through it.
music by Edward Elgar 1857-1934
A Lullaby to Sorrows
A Scottish widow’s lullaby for her fatherless child inspired his music, but Brahms’s message struck closer to home.