Goals for Review

to follow late Baroque vocal music into theater and church

to understand the dichotomy of recitative and aria in late Baroque opera

to listen for the standardized form of late Baroque opera arias: da capo form

to distinguish opera from oratorio and get to know Handel’s Messiah

to hear the difference between accompanied and secco recitative

to understand and listen to the structure of a church cantata by Bach

to survey the life and works of George Frideric Handel