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 ...

On March 14, the Seattle Choral Company presents Baroque Brilliance, an exhilarating evening of sacred music by two giants of the Baroque era: Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) were contemporaries and iconic giants who never met. Both have written some of the best-known and influential works in western ...

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 ...

Comfort ye! The Messiah has finally come to Bethlehem! No, not that Messiah, but Handel’s beloved oratorio. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem will perform “Messiah” Part 1 for the first time in its 121-year ...

Terrance McKnight: Live from the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park, I'm Terrance McKnight from WQXR 105. 9 FM, New York City's number one classical music station. We're here at this historic ...

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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 ...