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 ...

Friedrich Chrysander ran a pickle factory on the side. But for years he lived on little more than rolls and water, and his wife sold flowers in the Hamburg market, to scrape together enough money to ...

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 See more of our coverage in your ...

Frenchman Henri Casadesus wore several hats: composer, violist and skillful musical mimic. In 1924, Casadesus (1879-1947) unveiled what he claimed to be a long-missing work by George Frideric Handel ...

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, ...

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 ...

(12) Trio Sonatas, Movements: C (The) Brook Street Band Arcangelo Corelli, Composer Water Music, Movements: Horn Suite in F: (The) Brook Street Band George Frideric Handel, Composer Water Music, ...

The London Handel Festival has announced its 2026 Festival, From Heavenly Harmony, a five-week celebration of Handel’s music running from 18 February – 28 March 2026 across London. Guided by the ...

Queen Caroline’s funeral service at Westminster Abbey in 1737 featured the full anthem The ways of Zion do mourn. Containing a marvellous variety of affects and styles within a coherent expression of ...