2nd Castle Concert

Was George Frideric Handel a German composer or an English one? Well, one could also say: He was Italian! For in the four years he spent south of the Alps, he not only met the best musicians of his time, but also dabbled in important genres: opera, oratorio, cantata. One of these works is the cantata "Apollo e Dafne." The subject is piquant. It deals with male aggression. The god Apollo tries to win the nymph Daphne's affection by threatening him...