George Frideric Handel archive
Listen Richard Egarr: The 'Bernstein of Early Music'
March 26, 2008 – The keyboardist delivers a historically informed performance worthy of Handel's 'Organ Concertos.'
Read Classical Music for the Birds WVXU
February 27, 2008 – Hear music that soars with inspiration from our fine-feathered friends. WVXU
Listen Handel's 'Messiah' from Philadelphia
December 18, 2007 – Hear Handel's holiday masterpiece, as performed by one of the world's greatest orchestras.
Listen A Thanksgiving Feast With Handel WNYC
November 21, 2007 – The Biblical story of Belshazzar's Feast gets a musical retelling by Handel, in concert in New York. WNYC
Read Handel's 'Julius Caesar'
October 19, 2007 – Renowned countertenor David Daniels stars as Handel's Julius Caesar, from Houston.
Read Handel's 'Imeneo'
July 27, 2007 – Handel's sly comedy Imeneo comes alive in a sharp-edged production by Glimmerglass Opera.
Listen 'Too Hot to Handel': A Modern 'Messiah'
December 23, 2006 – While talking to friends, Marin Alsop realized that Handel's "Messiah" desperately needed an update.
Listen The Eternal Genius of Handel
December 24, 2005 – 'Tis the season for more renditions of Handel's "Messiah" than you can shake a stick at.
Listen The Class of 1685: Bach, Handel and Scarlatti
December 7, 2004 – Musicologist Richard Taruskin talks about the divergent paths of Scarlatti, Handel and Bach.