Book of the Week: Handel in London – The Making of a Genius

 The eminent conductor Jane Glover reads her biography of Handel, which is steeped in recordings of the composer’s glorious music. The book relates how Handel came to London in 1712 as a 27-year-old, self-taught German composer, accompanying the future King George II and beginning his career in earnest. Glover’s book follows Handel’s path through 18th-century court dramas and rivalries, and makes a compelling case for Handel’s music as some of the very best ever written.