Institute of Advanced Studies

George Frideric Handel: The Glory of the Baroque

In September 2009, the School of Music at the University of Western Australia prestened Festival Baroque, Australia’s first Baroque Music festival, intended to be the first in an ongoing program.

In association with the Festival, the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Western Australia held a symposium of scholarly presentations aimed at all lovers of baroque music.

2009 is the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, and the festival and the symposium will both be celebrating his work. Born in Halle in Germany in 1685, Handel travelled around Germany and Italy before arriving in London in 1710, where he resided until his death. Handel’s life thus spanned the period of the high baroque, his contemporaries including Scarlatti, JS Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi. His influence in his own time and subsequently can hardly be overestimated, while his own work reflects the musical currents of his day.

This symposium introduced music lovers to the origins of Baroque music, and then concentrate on the life and works of GF Handel.  His role in developing the Italian opera in England, in creating the English Oratorio, and generally contributing to the musical and theatrical life of his times and the development of western music generally was explored by scholars of international standing.  The symposium included a number of papers by Handel specialists from across disciplines, including one which assessed the attribution to Handel of a number of disputed works, and wasillustrated in a concluding concert.

Convenor:
Professor Sandra Bowdler, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Music and Archaeology, UWA

Speakers:
Donald Burrows, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Berta Joncus, St Anne’s College and St Hilda’s College, Oxford
Neal Peres da Costa, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Graham Pont, University of New South Wales
Margaret Seares, The University of Western Australia
Ruth Smith, Cambridge University
David Tunley, The University of Western Australia

Date: Monday, 21September 2009

Time: 9am-5pm

Place: The University Club Case Study Room, UWA

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