Those four words open the libretto of Handel’s biblical oratorio “Jephtha,” the composer’s last major work. But the words are more than part of a character’s scene-setting speech. They presage the ...
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correctionA music review in the May 8 Style section stated that the Maryland Handel Festival had never performed Handel's "Hercules." In fact it was performed at the festival in 1992. (Published ...
The Handel and Haydn Society, which brought Handel’s last oratorio “Jephtha” to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday night, is not your grandfather’s H&H.; Not your great-grandfather’s, your ...
The passing years have brought triumphs and tragedies to Chicago`s Music of the Baroque, but this ensemble never ceases to deepen its art. Witness its poignant performance Wednesday evening at First ...
H+H Artistic Director Harry Christophers is joined by an international cast of outstanding singers and the Period Instrument Orchestra and Chorus to close the season with George Frideric Handel's ...
The resonances of this tale from an Israeli point of view are interesting. Abraham’s sacrifice of his son, also thwarted by an angel, leads to the symbolic founding of the Jewish nation. Jephtha’s ...