Feb. 23 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of influential German composer George Friderick Handel. To honor the occasion, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem is putting on a musical birthday party next ...

The year 1685 was certainly good for music. After all, Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of St. Matthew Passion and B Minor ...

This is FRESH AIR. Our classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz says he's not listening to a lot of classical music during the pandemic, but a couple of recent recordings of works that go back to such ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Bach in Baltimore announced today two performances of Handel's Messiah to welcome ...

It’s hard to imagine what those rough characters of the heyday of anthracite in Mauch Chunk — the ruthless mine owners, the shadowy members of the Molly McGuires — would have thought of the Bach and ...

The Bach Collegium San Diego celebrates the Easter season with George Frideric Handel’s dramatic oratorio “The Resurrection,” with three performances next weekend in San Diego and Los Angeles.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred music is a form of prayer. George Frideric Handel, a more worldly fellow, a composer of operas, wrote sacred music to entertain. Bach’s sacred music is easy to admire; ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred music is a form of prayer. George Frideric Handel, a more worldly fellow, a composer of operas, wrote sacred music to entertain. Bach’s sacred music is easy to admire; ...

Conductor Hal France didn’t just have the Orlando Philharmonic playing neatly in its all-Baroque chamber-orchestra program Friday morning. He got the group to treat Bach and Handel – the two composers ...

Bach and Handel did not lead intersecting lives. Bach never left central Germany, while Handel became a cosmopolitan Londoner. Bach was a man of the church and had 20 children. Handel caught the ...