| Born in Edinburgh, he was a violinist, conductor and teacher whose compositions included operas, oratorios, songs, concertos, chamber and orchestral works. |
| After two commercially successful English oratorios Esther and Deborah, he was able to invest again in the South Sea Company. |
| Many of his operas and oratorios were specifically written for Covent Garden and had their premieres there. |
| Its repertoire is rich and varied, including a number of difficult and rarely performed musical pieces, opera and ballet music, as well as cantatas and oratorios. |
| This is one of my favourite arias from one of my favourite oratorios, and a piece I have known since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. |
| I know that I cannot learn two oratorios in three months while also preparing a recital, because I am not an organized person. |
