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HANDEL VIDEOS

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Danielle de Niese talks about Handel, with musical illustrations: 'I know that my redeemer liveth,' from Messiah; 'Lascia ch'io pianga' from Rinaldo; and 'Piangerò la sorte mia' from Giulio Cesare in Egitto.

The Beggar's Opera revisited, by Charles Hazlewood, with Rachel and Becky Unthank, Phill Jupitus, Martin France and Adrian Utley, including: The Modes of the Court (to the tune of 'Lillibullero'); Virgins are Like the Fair Flower (to the tune of 'What shall I do?'); When Young at the Bar (to the tune of 'If Love's a sweet Passion'); How Now Madame Flirt (to the tune of 'Good-morrow, Gossip Joan'); How cruel are the traitors (to the tune of Handel's 'Melancholy Nymph'); Since Laws Were Made (to the tune of 'Greensleeves').

Greensleeves - special cut

The Modes of the Court - special cut

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