THE early spring of 1685, two centuries ago, brought into the world two unsurpassed musicians. Bountiful indeed was the good genius of humanity in giving birth that year to both a Handel and a John ...

The English Concert, under the conductor Harry Bicket, returned to Carnegie Hall with one of Handel’s greatest hits. By Arya Roshanian R.B. Schlather’s vibrant staging of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” ...

You might not think George Frederick Handel would suddenly find a new relevance in the era of MeToo. Yet his 1749 oratorio Susanna fits the bill. It tells the biblical story of a woman who fights off ...

His father was sullen and cantankerous. “If that boy,” he fumed, “ever shows the first inclination towards music, or noises disguised as such, I will kill it.” Musical noises were just what the boy ...

In the late summer of 1741, Composer George Frederick Handel, plagued by ill health and spurned by a once-adoring public, isolated himself in his London house to work on a new oratorio. Falling into ...

George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” has been a Christmas tradition throughout the world as long as most can remember, despite originally an Easter work. And Vermont is no exception, with longtime ...

The A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute at UNC School of the Arts will present George Frederick Handel’s “Rodelinda,” conducted by Stephen Stubbs, a Grammy Award-winning specialist in Baroque opera, tonight ...

Alastair Stout is always looking to the dramatic. Minister of music at Rutland’s Grace Congregational Church since 2017, he is introducing this year’s “Messiah” performances with John Tavener’s “God ...

Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt Weill rarity and a new take on Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” are among the highlights. By The New York Times The English Concert, under the conductor Harry ...