Handel and me

Louis de Bernières on how finding a wooden flute in a car boot sale led to his new play about the composer's life and worksIt is not often that one is asked to write a play for chamber group and solo actor, and I took it on in a mood of amused curiosity. In this case the play was to be about Handel, and the musicians were the Brook Street Band, who specialise in the music of Handel and his contemporaries. The idea was that it should be suitable for both music and literature festivals.Things co...

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