Is there a minimum number of players that must be present for you to consider an ensemble an orchestra? I’d never consciously ...

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 ...

The best of Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and more will come to life on stage as the Handel and Haydn Society announces the 210th season. Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen has crafted a schedule of concerts ...

The Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra and Chorus will showcase the radiant depth of JS Bach's musical genius with Glories of Bach on October 7 + 9, 2022 at Symphony Hall. Jonathan Cohen, founder and ...

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 ...

Trevor Stephenson performs selections from works by Bach, Handel and Scarlatti. Trevor Stephenson, Director, Madison Bach Musicians, joins Wisconsin Public Radio's Norman Gilliland for a “University ...

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 ...

Liv Redpath and Joshua Hopkins in ‘Christmas Oratorio’. Photo: Stephanie Berger One was grateful to OSL for offering a complete Weihnachtsoratorium. The repetitive structure of its six cantatas made ...

The year 1685 was certainly good for music. After all, Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of St. Matthew Passion and B Minor Mass, was born in that year, but, if that were not enough, it was the birth ...