“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It will feature two of Handel's most famous pieces for public events - Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks.

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 ...

The perennial fame of Handel’s oratorio has inspired a host of contrasting approaches to text and performance. David Vickers mulls over the finest recordings Handel started composing the score of ...

The University of Portsmouth choir will play the funeral anthem which was originally commissioned by King George II to be played at the burial of his wife, Queen Caroline in 1737. After the ...

Hannah French delves into the history and musical detail of one of Handel's best-known pieces: his Water Music, first performed for King George I in London in July 1717. Show more Hannah French delves ...