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 ...

Andrea Asuaje is a senior radio producer with “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” Prior to her work at GBH, she was a senior producer and show runner at Rococo Punch; and a reporter, producer and ...

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 ...

One of London’s quirkiest museums is the Handel Hendrix House, adjoining Georgian townhouses that two of the world’s greatest musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix, used to call home. The ...

Linda Wertheimer talks to Nicholas McGegan, music director of the Gottingen Festival in Germany. He will conduct Gloria in Excelsis Deo, a composition for soprano and strings by George Frideric Handel ...

Some years ago, I used to head down at Easter to the Royal Albert Hall in London to take part in what was called “Messiah From Scratch.” All 5,000 of us in the hall were amateurs—conductor, soloists, ...

Dennis E. Northway decided over a quarter century ago that if Evanston could have an annual Bach Week Festival at an Episcopal church, Oak Park could have a Handel Week Festival at an Episcopal church ...

Most people who experience George Frideric Handel’s operas do so as spectators, taking in the music and drama onstage from a comfy, velvet-wrapped seat in the audience. Conductor Jane Glover, however, ...

After his unforgettable solo recital Wednesday, violinist Augustin Hadelich returned Sunday for Aspen Music Festival’s final concert. Good thing, too. His performance of the Bruch Violin Concerto No.

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Julian Wachner describes the many choices that go into performing the classic holiday oratorio. By Julian Wachner Julian Wachner, the director of ...