Music for autumn - Handel

January, 1736.  London.  George Frideric Handel needed a concerto for the middle of his opera, "Alexander's Feast".  He wrote this.  When the opera was published two years later, Handel hit pay-dirt, earning a record-setting £105 in the deal.  Enjoy this lucrative concerto:


 

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