George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) wrote his oratorio “The Messiah” in 1741 over a period of 24 days, using as his musical source a light Italian duet he composed shortly before beginning work on ...

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 ...

GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL was a prodigal master, an adaptive musical fountainhead who composed vast quantities of epic choral dramas, superb operas, incidental and instrumental works. His creative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Opera North’s Susanna - Tristram Kenton You might not think George Frederick Handel would suddenly find a new relevance in the era ...

The latest recording from Pygmalion, Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” and works written for Anne-Sophie Mutter are among our selections. At Carnegie Hall, the English Concert made a case for ...

Happy 330th birthday to George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) – or is it George Frederick Handel, or Georg Friedrich Häendel? Whatever you call him, he’s certainly one of the greatest Baroque Era ...

Controversy simmered behind the writing and performance of one of the best-known musical works of the classical period, George Frederick Handel’s oratorio “Messiah.” At least, that’s the premise of ...

A Vancouver Bach Choir presentation, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. At the Orpheum Theatre on Saturday, December 18 Forget the endless repetitions of "Let It Snow" and "Jingle Bells" that have ...

HANDEL,Frederick C., Jr. Frederick C. Handel Jr., 68, of East Hampton, beloved husband of Judith (Tapar) Handel, died peacefully Saturday (May 25, 2013) at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Hartford on ...