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"Judas Maccabaeus," which the Oratorio Society will sing at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday evening, Feb. 20, under Frank Damrosch's direction, is one of the several choral compositions written by Handel ...
Judas Maccabaeus was a hero and Saratoga Voices wants to tell his story.On Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., at Universal Preservation Hall, Saratoga Voices is performing a […] Skip to content All Sections ...
Although George Frideric Handel’s oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus” has come to be associated with Chanukah, it actually never touches on the miracle that the holiday commemorates: that a single ...
Botstein, President of Bard College, decided that this year’s holiday presentation would be Georg Friedrich Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus from 1746, performed on Thursday December 14.
You’ll hear selections from Handel’s heroic Judas Maccabaeus oratorio on Sunday Baroque this week, starting at 7 a.m. on 91.1, 107.5 and our all classical stream and at 10 a.m. on 89.9.
The Pacific Symphony got the annual barrage of holiday concerts going in a different way Sunday afternoon in Segerstrom Concert Hall with a rare performance of Handel’s “Judas Maccabaeus ...
Judas Maccabaeus emerges as the leader of the Jews. Parts 1 and 2 of the oratorio convey the ups and downs of the war, told with Handel’s engaging music.
During his illustrious career as a baroque-era composer, George Frideric Handel’s output was prodigious. Music historians have numbered more than 600 works in his canon, at least two dozen of ...
Handel’s oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus” isn’t performed anywhere near as often as his December warhorse “The Messiah,” but Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale’s scintillating ...
Season Highlights. The season continues by uncovering a rich selection of seldom heard jewels from history’s choral catalogue. One of Handel’s lesser-known oratorios, Judas Maccabaeus, is ...