Bach and Handel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel




Music of the incomparable Handel




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrjoFQLRx08 Handel's water music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdIaisPGSas Handel's music for recorder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcSK79aoFSQ Handel's Let the Bright Serraphim (Samson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ The arrival of the Queen of Sheba

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXjY6w1KQMo Music for the Royal Fireworks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnHksDFHTQI Hallelujah chorus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQVQOW1c0DQ Unto us a child is born




Johann Sebastian Bach Music of this master

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL24_3-tui8 Concert 3 in D Major Harpsichord

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVadl4ocX0M Little Fugue G Minor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiU8xQGr1yU Harpsichord concertos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLCcQixNvg Agnus Dei

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVraVgzC9U Organ Toccata

Johann Sebastian Bach (German pronunciation: [joˈhan] or [ˈjoːhan zeˈbastjan ˈbax]) (31 March 1685 [O.S. 21 March] – 28 July 1750) (often referred to as Bach) was a German composer and organist whose ecclesiastical and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.[1] Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France.
Revered for their intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty, Bach's works include the Brandenburg concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Partitas, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Mass in B Minor, the St. Matthew Passion, the St. John Passion, the Magnificat, The Musical Offering, The Art of Fugue, the English and French Suites, the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, the Cello Suites, more than 200 surviving cantatas, and a similar number of organ works, including the celebrated Toccata and Fugue in D minor and Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor.
Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected throughout Europe during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now regarded as the supreme composer of the Baroque, and as one of the greatest of all time.


George Frideric Handel (German: Georg Friedrich Händel; pronounced [ˈhɛndəl]) (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. His life and music may justly be described as "cosmopolitan": he was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England. Born in Halle in the Duchy of Magdeburg, he settled in England in 1712, becoming a naturalised subject of the British crown on 22 January 1727.[1] His works include Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque era, as well as the English composer Henry Purcell, Handel's music became well-known to many composers, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.