A rousing concert of large scale works by Bach and Handel. The concert opens with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. The concerto is saturated with references to the “holy” number three, ranging from ...

It’s not the holidays without Handel’s “Messiah,” which will be performed next week by the early music ensemble Bach Collegium San Diego. We asked Ruben Valenzuela, Bach Collegium’s music director, to ...

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 ...

"Messiah is unique in the canon of Western music," writes Maestro Richman. "Performed every year since its premiere in 1742 to ever-growing audiences, its appeal knows no boundaries." The first ...

George Frideric Handel was the most successful operatic composer of the Baroque era, yet for two centuries after his death, he was chiefly known to concertgoers for his instrumental suites (such as ...

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 ...

As Handel once remarked when congratulated on the success of a “Messiah” performance: “I should be sorry if I only entertained them – I wish to make them better.” The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, in its ...