In the summer of 1717 George Frideric Handel composed music to keep the King of England entertained on his boat trip down the River Thames. We now call that music Handel’s “Water Music,” and the ...

Last summer, Alastair Stout and Grace Church’s Rutland Area Chorus were on tour when they came about as close to Handel’s “Messiah” — physically — as anyone can. “We were in Ireland with the choir, ...

The church’s urgent and eloquent version of Handel’s classic oratorio remains an inspired communal rite. By Zachary Woolfe Planned over a year ago, Handel’s “Israel in Egypt” was presented while the ...

Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt Weill rarity and a new take on Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” are among the highlights. By The New York Times The English Concert, under the conductor Harry ...