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Handel’s Messiah, originally composed for performance during the springtime Christian observance of Lent, has become a contemporary staple of Christmas…
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Philadelphia’s role in the formation of our government is characteristic of a time when the city and its leading residents were forging firsts of all…
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Three hundred years ago, England's embattled King George I decided to divert public attention from the country's woes with a big musical party on the River Thames.
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If you can't be at Verizon Hall for this Sunday's performance of Messiah, you can listen to last December's LIVE broadcast right here on WRTI - on your…
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Handel's Water Music stands alongside his Messiah and Music for the Royal Fireworks as one of the best-known works of a composer who went from operas to…
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This week, in 1722, an audience at London’s Stationers’ Hall first heard the now-famous Baroque suite commissioned for a king’s ceremonial boat ride on…
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Philadelphia, PA – WRTI's Susan Lewis considers George Frideric Handel's iconic 18th-century oratorio and its interpretation in dance as the Pennsylvania…
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NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.
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Jim Cotter speaks with the renowned German pianist Christian Zacharias.David Patrick Stearns profiles Joshua Smith as the principal flute of The Cleveland…