Athalia, the wicked Judean queen in Handel's oratorio of the same name, has good reason to rage. Not only does she face the wrath of Jehovah when her scheme to usurp the throne and perpetuate the ...

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Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Athalie(Public Domain / Wikicommons) George Frideric Handel was having a bit of a tricky time in the ...

As with most oratorios, little happens in the fairly static plot. Long sections of introspective contemplation and tedious moralising are punctuated by short, sudden outbursts of activity. The real ...

Philharmonia Baroque will close its season with Georg Frideric Handel’s third English oratorio, Athalia, at First Congregational Church this weekend. The performance will be conducted by musical ...

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All those poor composers. They work so hard, creating, creating, creating. But what do most of us remember about their prolific lives? Not much. Take Handel. Mention his name to most people, and they ...

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The deeper we plunge into Handel`s 300th birthday year, the more we realize how little we really know of the man`s amazingly varied musical output. It is becoming increasingly clear that ”Messiah,” ...