Handelian
Americanadjective
noun
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It was funny, if not terribly Handelian, but pushing limits is what the ONE Festival is all about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2018
Gershon's Handelian verve placed an empowering emphasis on musical pleasure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2016
In the end the production almost converted a skeptic, and that is a Handelian outcome.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2011
With that brilliant Handelian Laurence Cummings conducting the Glyndebourne on Tour revival from October, it will grow into glory: book now.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2011
The Jubilate is almost as fine; but we must take both, not as premature endeavours to work Handelian wonders, but as the full realisations of a very different ideal.
From Purcell by Runciman, John F.
Isabel Bayrakdarian was a thrilling soloist, and the Seattle Symphony played under the leadership of one of the leading Handelians of our time, Nicholas McGegan, a conductor whose concerts are never less than exhilarating.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2011
Ho declined, saying with great sang froid, "You know we are Handelians."
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
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