Sensational and dramatic, melodic and emotional, Italian music took London by storm in 1711 with Handel’s wildly successful opera, Rinaldo. The excitement and novelty of Corelli and Vivaldi’s ...

Concerto in F major for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon & cello, RV.569 Zefira Valova (violin), Anna Starr (oboe), Markus Muller (oboe), Anneke Scott (horn), Joseph Walters (horn), Moni ...

Hannah French presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning.

No, crudel!” from Handel’s “Rinaldo.” The hopeful note sounded by Handel was shadowed by a suite of songs by Strauss: “Allerseelen” (or “All Souls’ Day”), “Morgen!” ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. One of my fondest memories of Handel’s “Messiah” is a school trip to New York City to participate in the annual “Messiah Sing-in” at ...