George Frideric Handel

Boston Baroque, New Year's Day 2020

Violinist Christina Day Martinson and Boston Baroque — Kathy Wittman, Ball Square Films / Boston Baroque

Thursday, April 30, 9pm

On a Festival 1750 broadcast, Boston Baroque performs Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 4, as well as works by Corelli, Vivaldi, and Rameau at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge.

Vibrancy and Serenity on Festival 1750

clockwise from upper left: Aisslinn Nosky of the Handel and Haydn Society; Stile Antico; Boston Baroque — Stu Rosner; Marco Borggreve; Kathy Wittman, Ball Square Films / Handel and Haydn Society; Boston Early Music Festival; Boston Baroque

Friday, May 1, 9pm

The final broadcast of Festival 1750 features concert performances of a Bach concerto, choral music from Elizabethan England, and an orchestral masterpiece by Handel.

Handel's "Giulio Cesare" with Boston Baroque

Boston Baroque's "Giulio Cesare" — Courtesy of Boston Baroque

Sunday, March 15, 2020
7:00 PM

On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Handel's operatic masterpiece comes to life with conductor Martin Pearlman Baroque and Lawrence Zazzo in the title role.

The Drama of Handel, in a Timeless Biblical Tale

Martin Pearlman Conducting the Boston Baroque Orchestra and Chorus — Courtesy of the Ensemble

Sunday, January 19, 2020
8:00 PM

On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman conducts Handel's masterful oratorio "Jephtha," telling the biblical story of family, sacrifice, and piety, with tenor Nicholas Phan in the title role, on demand.

Celebrating Handel’s Kaleidoscopic Concerti Grossi

By WCRB Staff • Aug 19, 2019

Academy for Ancient Music Berlin — Uwe Arens

The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin’s stunning new recording of Handel concertos is the first of a projected trilogy, and it’s WCRB’s CD of the Week.