This is a Handel year, the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. We remember George Frideric Handel primarily for his oratorio, "Messiah," one of the greatest masterpieces in the classical canon.
(SOUNDBITE OF HANDEL'S "LA RESURREZIONE (1708), HWV 47 / PARTE PRIMA: 'DISSERRATEVI, O PORTE D'AVERNO'") GROSS: Sometimes we can overlook something that's right under our noses. Classical music critic ...
Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movements: Da tempeste il legno infranto Danielle de Niese, Soprano William Christie, Conductor (Les) Arts Florissants Orchestra George Frideric Handel, Composer ...
Belshazzar, Movements: ~ Iestyn Davies, Countertenor (The) King's Consort George Frideric Handel, Composer (The) Triumph of Time and Truth, Movements: Mortals think that Time is sleeping (The) King's ...
GROSS: Sometimes we can overlook something that's right under our noses. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz tells us a story about a singer he discovered only a few months ago without realizing he ...