Classical Music 2009: Baroque of Ages
This is the year of the baroque. In 2009, we are marking both the 350th anniversary of Purcell’s birth and the 250th of Handel’s death, and the baroque century stretching between them – from 1659 to 1759 – is being explored and celebrated. Critic Nicholas Kenyon tells us why such operas as Handel’s “Xerxes” (pictured here in a production with Sarah Connolly and Rebecca Evans) retain their relevance.
