Musicologist and Handel scholar John Roberts realized almost immediately that the manuscript he was examining was a new cantata by one of the Baroque masters. A visit by Dutch conductor and early ...

Thanks to the understandable popularity of operas by Mozart, Rossini, Verdi and Puccini, earlier examples of the operatic art can have a hard time attracting today’s public. The perception that ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra is presenting a program called Stolen. Husband and wife Richard Stone and Gwyn Roberts are the ensemble's co-founders and ...

As the composer of Messiah, the most famous oratorio ever written, George Frideric Handel is a giant of the classical music world. But he also wrote operas. In the early 1700s, London was crazy for ...

It's a truly eclectic feast on Saturday Baroque this week... Handel's Harp Concerto was originally premiered at the King's Theatre in London in 1736. Published as an organ concerto, the piece's ...

Mark Herz: This is Morning Edition. The legendary conductor Martin Pearlman is in his final season leading the storied music ensemble Boston Baroque. Known to many as simply Marty, he’s been bringing ...

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; ...

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Sunday Baroque is welcoming 2026 this weekend with some of the greatest hits of the baroque era. The beloved favorites ...

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The annual Pacific Baroque Festival, which begins Feb. 19, has always struck a balance between the neglected and the familiar. Several recent festivals were devoted to repertoire that is hardly over- ...