Doubling as vocalist and conductor, Angiolini is joined by fine singers in this rarely recorded late work. Giacomo Nanni’s sonorous ‘Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori’ is a particular highlight ...

Handel's Messiah: The Live Experience at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 6 Dec 2022 will launch a new style classical music concert experience centred on the most famous works ever written. With ...

Onyx Classics has announced the release on November 22, 2024, of a premiere recording of George Frideric Handel's 1741 original version of Messiah, HWV 56 by the Dallas Bach Society under the baton of ...

In the summer of 1717 George Frideric Handel composed music to keep the King of England entertained on his boat trip down the River Thames. We now call that music Handel’s “Water Music,” and the ...

The scope of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio ISRAEL IN EGYPT is the Passover story. Handel premiered it in three sections: The Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph, Exodus and Moses ...

One of the most magnificent achievements in music, Handel’s Messiah is an annual holiday season must-go for music lovers everywhere. Hear it today from 2-4pm on CapRadio Music. Roderick Cox—one of ...

How do I know? Because there he was, as we all suspected he would be because of tight security, enjoying among other things a more relaxed performance of "Zadok the Priest" than the splendid one a ...

In the late 1730s, it was thought that Handel would never compose again. He was exhausted from stress, he had suffered a serious injury to his hand, and furthermore, his beloved opera seria was no ...

Think this election season is full of political stunts? They have nothing on King George I. Looking to one-up his popular heir, the British monarch tapped George Frideric Handel — like King George, a ...