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 ...
George Frideric Handel wrote some 40 operas in Italian before he began to find his niche as a composer of choral works in English. The turning point came with his dramatic oratorio Alexander’s Feast, ...
Photo provided by Marietta College Jay Dougherty conducts a performance of Messiah in the Basilica Church of St. Mary of the Assumption in Marietta in December 2017. This year will mark the 92nd ...
George Frideric Handel (at age 64 in 1749) produced works, including Messiah that dazzled even the musical titans who would succeed him. AGE Fotostock George Frideric Handel's Messiah was originally ...
IN CELEBRATION of the 300th anniversary of the birth of composer George Friedrich Handel, two performances of his oratorio Israel in Egypt will be performed by the the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra ...
Rarely will you find A-list classical musicians of the caliber of cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Leonidas Kavakos merging egos and artistic personalities as triumphantly as this ...
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FOR the past twenty-three years, the only Handel oratorio to be heard in town was the “Messiah,” which was produced annually not so much as a musical offering but rather as a Christmas devotion. Now, ...