Lead poisoning is blamed for Handel's temper but it's unlikely it affected his work. The truth is that the composer was an obsessive workaholic Handel's temper, his blindness, and his gout were caused ...

Hallelujah! This week, the composer whose music illuminated Georgian London, and who refined the art of bringing emotion alive in works that still resonate for us today A German composer who brought ...

Paul McCreesh gives a conductor's perspective on Handel... One of the moments I think I became aware that Handel is a great dramatic composer was when Christopher Hogwood’s recording of Messiah came ...

“A VIEW of the FIRE-WORKES and ILLUMINATIONS at his GRACE the Duke of RICHMOND’S at WHITEHALL and on the River Thames on Monday 15 May 1749. Performed by the direction of Charles Fredrick Esq.” The ...

Celebrate! with this glorious album of Baroque music performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Handel specialist Graham Abbott. Written by Handel in 1748 to accompany a fireworks ...

I recall walking through the lobby of Jerusalem’s King David Hotel around 1978, when TVs were blasting the Israeli broadcast premiere of Handel’s “Messiah.” Sung in Hebrew and played by the Israel ...

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 ...

Unlike Handel’s fellow countryman and contemporary Johann Bach (the two were born the same year but never met), Handel never had a musical family. George’s father was a practical “surgeon-barber” who ...