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