Mi fa piacere guardare la vita di questo grande compositore simultaneamente alla vita di Bach.

Vale la pena dare uno sguardo ad una serie di coincidenze nella vita di entrambi compositori.

Haendel ha trascorso la maggior parte della sua vita da adulto a Londra. Nonostante, il suo luogo di nascita e' appena qualche chilometro dal luogo di nascita di Bach nella Sassonia Germanica. Per questo motivo, a Haendel se lo chiama spesso il Bach inglese.For this reason, he is often referred to as the English Bach. Both masters were born in 1685. Haendel was only one month older than Bach. They heard about each other but they never met in person.  Haendel was famous in his lifetime. The main reason of his fame was that he moved to London which was the capital of Music at the time.
Haendel is world famous for having composed The Messiah. In the Master's words, "Heaven opened up and Angels dictated the Famous Alleluia to the German composer".

The Saraband in D minor is one of my favorite pieces. I first heard it played by Maestro Segovia in 1971. The variations are simply genial and relatively short. The performer is tempted to create  his own extra-variations and he would like his instrument to have unlimited projection to play certain phrases... I reluctantly finish to play the work...unlike many works which are finished long after they are over, the Saraband is over long before it finishes. Fantastic !!