Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and ...

Composed in just three weeks, Handel’s Messiah remains a beloved classic nearly 300 years on. Its origin story is marked by ...

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Some Chicagoans came to appreciate “Messiah” as a piece of music with appeal that extended beyond its Christian themes.

Classical music fans often hear a signature piece by George Frideric Handel each December. Handel’s famous oratorio “Messiah,” and its beloved “Hallelujah” chorus, is a favorite during Christmas ...

The so-called Handel opera revival has prompted the disinterment of so many treasures from the Baroque master’s once-buried trove of The so-called Handel opera revival has prompted the disinterment of ...

Making her H&H debut, conductor Laurence Equilbey cannily paired Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” with Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 ‘She’s a French composer from the 19th century, around the time ...

Summer these days wouldn't be complete without a series of huge open-air concerts featuring popular music's top draws. It was ever thus. In the London of 250 years ago, the biggest name was Handel. A ...

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A new theory being posed suggests that lead poisoning may have been the reason for the legendary temper of Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. An American researcher has pieced together Handel's ...

Composers of the past did not always know their predecessors’ work as we do. Mozart’s musical upbringing being utterly of its time, the music he heard in his formative years was principally that of ...