One of the giants of Western music died 250 years ago Tuesday. George Frideric Handel, for his time, lived a good, long life. He was 74. Handel has been called the first classical music superstar. His ...
No one today knows the name of one of the great, unsung heroes of the classical music canon — the composer George Frideric Handel’s tailor. Without the garment-maker, the world would never have ...
During these anxious times, the music of George Frideric Handel offers consolation and hope. While many of us are familiar with his oratorio “Messiah” and the “Water Music,” he was an astonishingly ...
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 ...
Who could have predicted that a musical composition written in only 24 days 270 years ago and first performed at Easter as a benefit to subsidize the release of debtors from prison would today become ...
On Saturday, December 10 at 7 pm in the HP Pres Sanctuary, HP Pres’ music ministry continues its annual tradition of presenting George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. This familiar favorite tells the story ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - George Frideric Handel is best remembered for his beautiful music. But ahead of the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, an exhibition on the creator of "Messiah" looks ...
The exuberant French conductor Emmanuelle Haïm began a three-year L.A. Phil collaboration with sheer joy — and also some truths for a country in crisis.
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