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- Westfield International Fortepiano Competition 2011
- Christopher on WPRB Princeton radio
- Masters of the Baton - Poznan Concert
- Discography Goes Live!
- CHAMPAGNE FINALE!!
- Gresham College Lectures 2010 - 2011
- BHS and BCS view Christopher's instrument collection
- Asian ventures
- Update on the V&A
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- Crisis at the V&A!
- Best wishes for coloratura Christmas
- Barockstar: George Frideric Handel
- The Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia
- Mendelssohn Discoveries (and gastronomic re-discoveries) in Leipzig
- The Times Cheltenham Literary Festival
- Video Interview: Christopher on Mendelssohn
- Big Ben: not by Handel
- World Première
- Christopher (the Classicist) writes to The Times
- The Fitzwilliam Museum: as seen by Christopher Hogwood
- University of Cambridge - 800th birthday
- Speech to launch V&A’s new baroque exhibition.
- Cambridge University Honorary Doctorate - Orator's Speech
- Cambridge University Honorary Doctorate
- Christopher corrects The Times
- Christopher opposes Arts Council cuts
- Halle Handel Prize
- Hear Christopher on Radio 4
- Christopher's contribution to 'Fund og Forskning'
- Happy New Year!
- Inga Nielsen CD featuring Christopher
- Christopher becomes an Honorary Member of Charles Avison Society
- De Clavicordio V
- Preface to Hawkins' history of the AAM
- De Clavicordio VI
- Emma Kirkby finally created a 'Dame'!
- Caricatures by Ane Lysebo – November 2005
- Christopher receives honorary doctorate from Zürich University
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Barockstar: George Frideric Handel
December 17, 2009
Handel's anniversary year comes to an end with a new documentary — and an inevitable pun: Barockstar, directed by Ulrich Meyszies and released on DVD by Arthaus Musik, 'tells the story of Handel's life as he journeyed through baroque Europe, leaving Germany for Italy and experiencing Florence, Rome and Venice, before arriving in London to begin the career that would bring him a worldwide reputation'. It features contributions from Christopher, as well as footage from Handel House Museum, where Christopher curated this year's keynote exhibition, Handel Reveal'd.
Donald Burrows — like Christopher, a Handel biographer — adds to the commentary, along with Howard Arman, Alan Curtis, Andrea Marcon, Sandrine Piau and Trevor Pinnock, as the film traces Handel's path from Halle, through Italy's flourishing operatic nuclei, to London, where a public, and largely imported, Italian opera scene was just getting off the ground. Musical illustrations are provided by The English Concert, the Händelfestspielorchester Halle, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Il Complesso Barocco.
No doubt the documentary's title was inspired by the disc's special feature on 'Handel and Hendrix': the two musicians were next-door neighbours in Brook Street, albeit two centuries apart. Other extras include segments on 'Handel and Ruspoli' — with Prince Ruspoli-Sforza and Princess Claudia Ruspoli, descendants of one of Handel's great patrons — and 'The Handel organ in Vallerano'.