An aria in Lent

Listen to this new-found countertenor of mine:
Ian Howell.

He is singing from Handel's Messiah and it is beautifully illustrated with a montage of paintings by Flemish artist Jan Van Eyck (1385-1441).
This image above is by Memling.

Amazing Ernman

This is a quite astonishing performance
by mezzo Malena Ernman,
singing Nerone's lasta aria
from Handel's opera Agrippina.
Listen and be amazed here.

More, in a completely different style, from Ernman here.

Epiphany!

Gentile da Fabriano - Adoration of the Magi. Florence 1423.
And Handel, Unto us a child is born from the Messiah.
The kings have followed their star and found what they were looking for.
All is well.

Handel in Holland

Coronation Anthem: My heart is inditing

Boy's choir. Beautiful.
I don't think I would survive without Handel.