“Too much of a good thing is wonderful,” Mae West said. Even I wasn’t around when West immortalized that line in 1932. Even so, it’s a motto of mine, for better or for worse – be it pizza, Gatorade or ...
ALEXANDER REINAGLE: Allegro con brio from Philadelphia Sonata No. 1 MOZART: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K. 285 Subscriptions and single tickets may be purchased through the Handel and Haydn Box ...
Georg Friedrich HandelL’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il ModeratoGabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (director), Signum Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato from 1740 is not another ...
Handel's Messiah: The Live Experience at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 6 Dec 2022 will launch a new style classical music concert experience centred on the most famous works ever written. With ...
Handel's eight keyboard suites, which he published himself in 1720, don't get a lot of attention these days. Pianist Lisa Smirnova studied these colorful pieces for five years before launching into ...
Handel's brief Italian period was crucial to his musical development, lasting from 1706 to 1710, just before his arrival in London. Stefano Russomanno's booklet essay to this superb anthology suggests ...
This set slipped out quietly at the end of 2011. The typically muted ECM cover gives no hint of how life-enhancing these two discs are; I felt like getting the fluorescent highlighters out and jazzing ...
A recital by The King’s Consort at the Wigmore Hall of Handel’s little-known Nine German Arias, performed with three of the composer’s oboe works, was a pleasant rather than revelatory evening. The ...
Comfort ye! The Messiah has finally come to Bethlehem! No, not that Messiah, but Handel’s beloved oratorio. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem will perform “Messiah” Part 1 for the first time in its 121-year ...