Classical music fans often hear a signature piece by George Frideric Handel each December. Handel’s famous oratorio “Messiah,” and its beloved “Hallelujah” chorus, is a favorite during Christmas ...
Richard Kaufman has conducted hundreds of films with live orchestras: "Psycho," "Jaws" (and almost all of the John Williams’ scores for that matter), classics like “Casablanca” and “The Wizard of Oz,” ...
G. P. Handel’s “Messiah” was first performed in 1742 by a small choir accompanied by instruments including trumpets without valves and violins with bows made of sheep gut. To hear what the Messiah ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Two performances, at Trinity Church Wall Street and the New York Philharmonic, were similar yet showed how beauty emerges in ...
Festive music dominated Seraphic Fire’s program Friday night at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale. With a charming interlude from English master Henry Purcell, the main bill of fare ...
Linda Wertheimer talks to Nicholas McGegan, music director of the Gottingen Festival in Germany. He will conduct Gloria in Excelsis Deo, a composition for soprano and strings by George Frideric Handel ...