Composer

When this musician sits down at the organ, it sounds as though a complete symphony orchestra is playing – including sophisticated solos on flutes, trombones and other wind instruments. This is because Shin-Young Lee loves programmes in which she can combine original repertoire with organ transcriptions of famous orchestral works. Alongside Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harpist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, the internationally renowned organist presents a spectacular programme at the Musikfest Berlin ranging from Liszt’s virtuoso concert etude Un sospiro  (creating the impression of three hands at the keyboard) to Louis Vierne’s showpiece Carillon de Westminster.

Matinee: Organ & Harp

Berliner Philharmoniker

Time stands still, and the whole world holds its breath as the great moments of sport unfold – both in reality, on the big screen and on the TV screen.

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Sports in Symphony

DR Koncerthuset

Celebrate the beauty of Baroque orchestral music with the Venice Baroque Orchestra and its founder-director Andrea Marcon.

Venice Baroque Orchestra & Andrea Marcon

The Queen's Hall

Magnificent coronation ceremonies. Lavish weddings. Fateful choices. And plenty of romance – both inside and outside the castle walls.

A Royal Evening

Program Six • I live with God ever before me: Mozart’s Religion

Church of the Messiah Epscpl

You don’t just hear Saint-Saëns’s “Organ” Symphony; you feel it. Experience the power of this magnificent music and the 6,025 pipes of Severance’s mighty Norton Memorial Organ. Kazuki Yamada contrasts this audience favorite with Haydn’s smaller, but no less delightful “London” Symphony. Principal Trombone Brian Wendel also steps into the spotlight for the dramatic Trombone Concerto of Nino Rota, best known for his score for The Godfather.

Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony

Severance Music Center

The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra returns to the Venetian Theater for a semi-staged production of Handel’s masterpiece, Tolomeo, re d'Egitto. Led by their newly appointed Music Director, Peter Whelan, and directed by James Darrah Black, the ensemble has previously brought memorable Handel productions of Atalanta and Acis and Galatea to Caramoor. With an elite cast of Baroque specialists, this is a must-see for Baroque opera fans.

Handel's Tolomeo

Venetian Theater at Caramoor

Queen Rodelinda navigates a dangerous political web to protect her throne and family while her love for her supposedly dead husband reignites in a dramatic clash of passion and ambition. A timeless tale of love and redemption unfolds in a new production that captivates from start to finish.

Rodelinda

The Santa Fe Opera

To mark the Welsh Chamber Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary, Wales’ oldest professional chamber orchestra presents an engaging and wide-ranging programme, spanning nearly three centuries of music from 1749 to 2026, conducted by the Orchestra’s founder and Artistic Director, Anthony Hose. RWCMD graduate Sarah Frances Jenkins’s new composition Landscapes of Wales celebrates the orchestra, inspired by her time living and studying in Wales.

Welsh Chamber Orchestra

Bute Park

A secretive empire, ruled by a legendary queen – Alcina is all things at once: strong, powerful, clever and beguilingly beautiful. Again and again, she seduces strange men, who follow her call, onto her island, and again and again Alcina hopes without end to find true love. But her dream always ends in disappointment. The traces of past loves are strewn across the land – former suitors are now magically transformed and held captive in the island’s flora and fauna. But when Ruggiero lands on the island, Alcina is convinced – this is the right one! Meanwhile another “man” appears. Ruggiero’s fiancé Bradamante, disguised as her brother, Ricciardo, and searching for Ruggiero. When Alcina’s magic then also begins to gradually disappear, everything goes topsy-turvy.

Alcina

Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding

West London Chorus celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a concert featuring three of the greatest composers of the 18th century.

In 1707, the 22-year-old Handel was living in Rome, a time when operatic performances were forbidden. That ban in no way precluded his composition of vivid, dramatic music, as is demonstrated by two psalm settings: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 127) and in particular, Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110), whose tremendous energy and exuberant choruses mark it as one of his finest works.

London Mozart Players perform the most popular of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, No. 3, noted for its unusual two-movement structure and the energy of its complex instrumental interplay.

Bach, Handel & Mozart

Cadogan Hall

‘I think it’s safe to conclude that another new countertenor superstar has arrived, and he’s found just the right ensemble to work with,’ concluded Gramophone’s critic following the release in 2024 of Carlo Vistoli’s recording of Vivaldi’s famous Stabat Mater setting and Nisi Dominus with the Akademie für Alte Musik. Its reprises both works this evening, placed together with JS Bach’s contemplative solo cantata Ich habe genug and three superb instrumental works.

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Carlo Vistoli countertenor

Wigmore Hall

Handel’s Alcina is set on an enchanted island where Ruggiero lives under the sorceress Alcina’s spell, while his fiancée Bradamante arrives in disguise to rescue him. As misunderstandings spread, Alcina’s power begins to fail. Premiered in London in 1735, it features some of Handel’s most famous arias, celebrated for their beauty and expressive power. Don't miss the David Seligman Opera School perform with full orchestra this summer.

Handel's Alcina

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Thomas Dunford’s Jupiter Ensemble and French-Italian soprano Lea Desandre step into the thick of Handel’s oratorios and other works for London to embrace some of the composer’s most expressive arias, none more affecting than 'With darkness deep, as is my woe' from Theodora and the sublime 'Guardian angels, oh, protect me', a ravishing number from the 1757 version of The Triumph of Time and Truth. They conclude with the vocal pyrotechnics of 'No, no! I'll take no less', the mortal Semele’s command to the god Jupiter!

Lea Desandre mezzo-soprano; Thomas Dunford director, lute; Jupiter Ensemble

Laurence Cummings directs Academy of Ancient Music and a world-class cast in a concert performance of Serse – Handel’s sensational opera of love and power in ancient Persia.

Handel's Serse

Barbican Centre

Xerxes rules over a vast empire, but the human heart is a lot harder to tame, and sometimes the beauty of a plane tree is the only constant in a dangerous world. Created to astonish London audiences in 1738, Handel’s opera Serse is an epic of love, war and civil engineering - and its hit aria 'Ombra mai fu' is one of those melodies that you simply never forget.

The love for music is in Czech genes. There is good reason for the saying: Every Czech is a musician. Czech musicians are rightly considered to be the absolute best in the interpretation of classical music in the world. Do you want to meet them live?Come to a concert of the Prague Music Orchestra chamber ensemble, which originated in the beginning of the 21st century and is one of the most renowned Czech musical ensembles today. It is distinguished by a unique, cultivated sound and it is a representative of highly appreciated interpretation art.

The Best of Classics

Municipal House

Join London Concert Choir for an evening of drama and entertainment, with thoughtfully chosen selections from four operas, spanning creative periods from the Baroque to the late Romantic. Here is a chance to enjoy this great storytelling art form in miniature, featuring specially devised suites of orchestral movements, arias and choruses from Handel’s Semele, Beethoven’s Fidelio, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.

A Night at the Opera

Cadogan Hall 

“My songs plead softly” – A song recital without words

Music School Conservatory Bern

Giulio Cesare in Egitto premiered at the King's Theatre in London on 20 February 1724. At the time, Händel was the most respected composer on English soil as well as director of the Royal Academy of Music, which had been successfully promoting Italian opera in London since 1719. Julius Caesar, a musical drama in three acts to a libretto by Nicholas Francis Haym, was met with great triumph followed by thirteen performances with the theatre completely sold out. The opera is based on the historical episode of Caesar's campaign in Egypt in pursuit of his enemy Pompey after the Battle of Pharsalus. In Egypt, Caesar will meet the cunning and deceitful King Ptolemy and the perturbing Cleopatra, who will try to seduce him to her own advantage, only to fall in love with him for real. The opera was a perfect sampler of Baroque marvels: a first-rate vocal cast, which included the famous castrato Senesino in the title role and the soprano Francesca Cuzzoni in that of Cleopatra, a sumptuous and spectacular staging, and refined and beautifully crafted music. In the continuous scansion of recitatives and arias, typical of 18th-century opera, Giulio Cesare contains some of the composer's most popular pages such as the accompanied recitative “Alma del gran Pompeo”, sung by the protagonist before the urn of his murdered enemy Pompey.

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

She has a difficult personality – but a nice nose! This opinion expressed by a short statured Gaul is just one of the many legends surrounding the captivating pharaoh. Cleopatra's ability to stun the greats of her time has always served as a blessing for those in the entertainment business who had a keen eye for good material. Even though Handel's timeless smash hit bears the title of the Roman dictator, the Egyptian usually leads by a nose in this gem of the operatic repertoire. The way she warbles, charms, suffers, sobs and triumphs is breathtakingly beautiful.

Oper Leipzig

How to become self-aware and lead a meaningful life? Does the secret to happiness lie in accepting finiteness and overcoming human vanities?

The Triumph Of Time & Truth

Bockenheimer Depot

In her exotic, enchanted realm, Alcina is the sole ruler: she can seduce anything and anyone. Men she tires of, she transforms into mute objects. But for Ruggiero, she feels love for the first time – and also the fear of losing her beloved. When his fiancée, Bradamante, ventures into the enchanted realm to free Ruggiero, Alcina risks losing everything.

Detmold Theatre

Born in Hong Kong, and of Nigerian-Filipino ancestry, Adam Heron earned widespread recognition following his television debut as a BBC Young Musician piano finalist. Through his unique artistry, coupled with an innate flair for communication, Heron is a leading ambassador for Black classical musicians.

Adam Heron, piano

Smith Square Hall

The Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal is the resident orchestra of the famous Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles, which was built for the royal wedding of the French heir to the throne Louis XVI and the Austrian Archduchess Marie-Antoinette and inaugurated on 16 May 1770 during the wedding celebrations.

Sonya Yoncheva / Royal Opera Orchestra

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

The final concert of the subscription serie I will be performed by the beloved Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Under the expert direction of Nicholas Kraemer—a regular guest of the orchestra—the ensemble will present three of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, masterpieces that epitomize the Baroque concerto grosso tradition.

Czech Chamber Music Society • Nicholas Kraemer

Rudolfinum

Power, seduction, and betrayal blaze beneath the Egyptian sun in Handel’s most celebrated opera, where Caesar’s arrival sparks Cleopatra’s battle for the throne and love and empire collide in a tale of political intrigue and dangerous desire.

Giulio Cesare

The Grange at Northington

International superstar and America’s most celebrated soprano Renée Fleming joins your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra for a Halekulani Masterworks season finale! Inspired by her 2023 GRAMMY® Award-winning album, Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene comes to the symphonic stage. Experience the majesty of nature with stunning film projections by the National Geographic Society, accompanying inspired songs, arias by Handel and Puccini, music from Lord of the Rings and Carousel, contemporary hits by Björk, Kevin Puts, and Nico Muhly , and selections by famed film composer Ennio Morricone.

Renée Fleming: Voice of nature: the anthropocene

Blaisdell Concert Hall

Conner Leavitt, tenor

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Rome is where Corelli developed the concerto grosso, where Respighi was inspired while celebrating its beauty, and where Nino Rota composed countless film scores. For Handel, Rome played a decisive role during his early career, even though his opera about the most famous Roman emperor was composed in London. This tribute to the Eternal City will mark the debut of contralto Rose Naggar-Tremblay and young conductor Kyrian Friedenberg with Les Violons du Roy.

Les Violons à Rome, de Corelli à Nino Rota

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Palais Montcalm – Maison de la musique

The Great Falls Symphonic Choir presents Elements of Life—a celebration of faith, love, and the human spirit through choral works by Stroope, Bruckner, Pärt, Whitacre, Handel, Bernstein, and Ramsey. This inspiring program will be performed alongside the beautiful organ at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Great Falls in tribute to Mary Moore.

Element of Life - Symphonic Choir Concert

First Congregational United Church of Christ Great Falls

Chivalric misadventure and the madness of unrequited love – Orlando follows intertwining, intense relationships across the themes of love, war, and insanity. 

Orlando

Longborough Festival Opera

Vienna Academy Orchestra

Musikverein Wien

Handel’s Acis and Galatea recounts the tragic love between the sea-nymph Galatea and the shepherd Acis. Their happiness is destroyed by the jealousy of the Cyclops Polyphemus, who kills Acis by crushing him with a rock. In her grief, Galatea transforms him into a flowing river, so that their love endures beyond death – a myth of beauty, loss, and eternal devotion that inspired Handel’s enduring pastoral opera.  This one-hour opera will be performed by candlelight, featuring the Irish Baroque Orchestra in St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore – an evocative setting for this timeless work.

Acis and Galatea

St Carthage's Cathedral, Church of Ireland

William Scarrow, bass-baritone

Myriam Dal Don and Carlo Steno Rossi

Teatro La Fenice

Classical Music in Bavaria 2026

Margravial Opera House Bayreuth

Written for Baroque orchestra, Stacy Garrop’s Handel-inspired concert opener features bursts of musical color and leads perfectly into Music for the Royal Fireworks. Musical pyrotechnics continue in the jubilant trumpet line of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and conclude with Haydn’s beloved final symphony. Dame Jane Glover conducts this spectacular program.

Baroque Fireworks

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

When Ton Koopman plays the organ, anything is possible. Expect the highest level of ornamentation, verve and imagination, and fingers so nimble you wouldn't expect from a musician who's just turned 80. And what else can you expect? Magnificent music by Handel and Haydn, Koopman's secret star. "In Holland, Haydn is much more popular than Mozart because he's creative and witty," says Ton Koopman, the early music specialist both on the keyboard and on the conductor's podium. Haydn is also more difficult to play; you have to practice properly. "But it's beautiful music, and we have to promote Haydn. He deserves it!" Thus, his Symphony No. 80 is on the program, a work of the greatest wit, at times bizarrely humorous, always full of contrasts – a typical Koopman symphony. In this "Baroque+" program, the ever-so-sharp Dutchman contrasts Haydn with Handel: Handel's concertos are also virtuosic and original – and, with Ton Koopman at the organ, of a truly special, agile quality.

Handel & Haydn

Hessischer Rundfunk

Academy of Ancient Music joins The Wave Quartet in an ingenious, audacious musical voyage across five centuries.
Centuries pass, but artistry is forever, and whether it’s 1726 or 2026, there’s nothing to match the voltage generated by a virtuoso performer at the absolute peak of their game. In this extraordinary, genre-crossing collaboration AAM meets marimba phenomenon Christoph Sietzen and his Wave Quartet. Sparks will fly.

Rhythm Across Time

Milton Court Concert Hall

Centuries pass, but artistry is forever, and whether it’s 1726 or 2026, there’s nothing to match the voltage generated by a virtuoso performer at the absolute peak of their game. In this extraordinary, genre-crossing collaboration the Academy of Ancient Music meets marimba phenomenon Christoph Sietzen and his Wave Quartet. Sparks will fly.

An event of the Peter Vischer School in cooperation with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra.

Vischer's Symphony No. 116 Very British

Meistersinger Hall

An exciting dialogue between Baroque and modern styles will unfold: Corelli's renowned Concerto Grosso, a Baroque masterpiece, will be followed by Handel's Concerto Grosso, showcasing the splendid, festive character of the Baroque era. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, with its diverse instrumentation and sophisticated structures, is a shining example of his virtuosity and inventiveness. Schnittke's Concerto Grosso No. 1 blends Baroque tradition with modern sonic elements and unusual harmonies.

7th Symphony Concert

Theater Osnabrück

Soloists of the Maggio Academy

Pieve di San Donnino a Villamagna

Strozzi Fortress

"The Road Home" | LVCO / Lehigh Valley Chorale

Miller Symphony Hall

Join the Residentie Orkest for an evening with a rich and compelling programme celebrating Britain-inspired music. Our regular guest conductor Richard Egarr will kick off the concert with Mendelssohn's The Hebrides, a vivid and evocative orchestral ode to the wild beauty of Scotland. Inspired by Mendelssohn's visit to the island of Staffa, it paints a musical picture of the waves crashing against the cliffs and the ruggedness of the landscape.

A British Evening

Amare

Ari Tujian, countertenor

Sofia La Rosa, Junior Major Recital, voice

560 Music Center

Themes of motherhood, loss, and joy emerge in a program that spans opera, Indigenous voices, and folk tradition, with song and spirit rising together like flame and tide.

Songs of River & Fire

Desautels Concert Hall

A meeting with the sublime Dixit Dominus by Handel, a work of remarkable vocal virtuosity and expressive power, making it one of the composer’s greatest choral masterpieces. Bach’s motet Jesu, meine Freude also belongs to the finest sacred repertoire of the entire Baroque era. Opening the program is a brief yet deeply moving motet by Bach’s predecessor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig.

Handel, Dixit Dominus

Place des Arts

Experience the Australian Chamber Orchestra in a uniquely intimate setting, bathed in the warm glow of candlelight. This renowned ensemble, known for their virtuosic playing and adventurous programming, will present a program that spans centuries of musical expression. In the candlelit Samueli Theater, hear Purcell's hauntingly beautiful Fantasia on One Note, Handel's majestically celebratory Concerto Grosso in A Major, Op. 6 No. 11, a sonically immersive new work by John Luther Adams, Vaughan Williams' ethereally soaring "The Lark Ascending" (arranged by Adam Johnson), and Schubert's String Quartet in D minor, D.810 "Death and the Maiden" (arranged by Richard Tognetti).

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Wind Division Recital

Moral outrage one moment, coquettish expediency the next. The intrigues of the powerful interwoven with the desperation of hapless refugees. When it comes to the gamut of human emotion and modes of behaviour, few operas of the baroque period can touch Handel’s GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO, which premiered in London in 1724. This tale of the love affair between the ageing Roman general Julius Caesar and the young pharaoh Cleopatra was one of Handel’s greatest triumphs within his lifetime and remains his most performed opera. That is not just down to the base material – one of the best-known historically attested love stories, which has been given treatments ranging from Shakespeare to Liz Taylor and Richard Burton and “Asterix und Cleopatra” – but also to a sophisticated libretto that provided the inspiration for a string of great arias and memorable character studies, for aside from the Roman-Egyptian pairing of Caesar and Cleopatra GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO features another pair who are busy not with flirting but with the serious business of staying alive: Cornelia, the widow of Pompeius, a murdered rival of Caesar, and her son Sesto. Both have sought refuge in Egypt but have become pawns in the scheming between Cleopatra and her brother Tolomeo.

Deutsche Oper Berlin

George Frideric Handel composed his Messiah, which tells the Christian story of salvation in three parts, between 1741 and 1742. Mozart's version was written for a performance in Vienna in 1789; he adapted Handel's composition to suit contemporary audiences' tastes, ensuring its greater success. He replaced the English text with a German translation and altered the instrumentation to better reflect contemporary sound ideals. He incorporated the latest developments in playing technique and instrument making, and employed the newly invented clarinets. Mozart left the composition untouched—a sign of his respect for the master from Halle/Saale.

Mozarts Messias

Theater Erfurt

Gewandhaus

Jacks Pollard, Oboe

The Juilliard School

Voice Division Recital

Let the music flow in this evening of brilliance and grandeur! Handel’s Water Music sparkles with regal elegance, setting the stage for Böhme’s Trumpet Concerto, a thrilling showcase of virtuosity and power. The night culminates with Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, a rich and triumphant tribute to the beauty of the Rhine. Don’t miss this night of sweeping melodies and radiant energy!

Majestic Horizons

Hult Center for the Performing Arts

Your Colorado Symphony and Chorus present an evocative program uniting music born from the shadows of war, offering a journey through conflict, grief, and the search for peace. Two movements from Handel’s Messiah set the stage with a searing portrayal of nations at war. Haydn’s Mass in Time of War continues the narrative, its solemn prayers for peace interrupted by martial rhythms that reflect the looming threat of Napoleon’s armies. Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us – a haunting orchestral work inspired by her father’s service in Vietnam – intertwines grief and resilience, merging vulnerability with militaristic energy. Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem closes the program with an urgent cry for peace, drawing on sacred texts and Walt Whitman’s poetry, while offering a vision of hope. Through these works, the Colorado Symphony and Chorus remind us that even in humanity’s darkest hours, the struggle to find harmony is urgent and eternal.

War and Peace: Haydn, Vaughan Williams, and Mazzoli

Denver Performing Arts Complex

Told with some of Handel’s most delightful music, Alcina is the story of an enchantress who uses her magical powers to bewitch a young knight and keep him captive on her island in a wild, messy story of love and deception. This production is presented by the SFCM Historical Performance program and features students from both the Voice program and Baroque Ensemble.

SFCM Historical Performance Presents: 'Alcina'

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

A bale of hay comes to life and plays with a little girl. A headless mannequin holds a lobster on a leash. A confused astronaut wanders amongst a group of choristers while a video of a collapsing glacier plays in the background. These are but a few of the arresting images from Robert Wilson’s mesmerizing vision of the beloved Messiah, composed by Handel and arranged by Mozart.

Messiah

Wortham Theater Center

Symphony Nova Scotia welcomes Lionel Meunier, internationally renowned Artistic Director of the award-winning Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis. Praised for his detailed, spirited approach, Lionel is joined by Irish-born soprano Sinéad White, known for her “gorgeous and subtle vocal palette” (La Scena Musicale) and “luminous soprano” (Whole Note). Together, Lionel and Sinéad take us through a program of radiant highlights from Purcell’s beloved operas, including “Fairest Isle” from King Arthur and “If Love’s a Sweet Passion” from The Fairy Queen. Plus, in a first for our orchestra, we perform Handel’s dazzling Il delirio amoroso (The Delirium of Love), showcasing virtuoso solos for violin, cello, oboe, and recorder.

Lunenburg: Purcell’s King Arthur & The Fairy Queen

St. John's Anglican Church

Handel's Messiah

University Methodist Church

George Frideric Handel: Messiah

Marktplatz Halle

Konzerthaus Liebfrauen Wernigerode

April showers bring bouquets of Baroque delights blossoming with energy and grandeur! “Music that crackles with life and color” (The Boston Globe) will sweep you off your feet as the H+H Orchestra brings new life to the sparkling charm of Lully’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, the magnificence of Handel’s Water Music, and the genius of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1. There is simply no substitute for the vivid authenticity, energy, and exhilaration that blooms when you hear this music played on the instruments it was made for.

Handel’s Water Music

Boston Symphony Orchestra

London in 1748, it attracted 12,000 people, and a veritable traffic chaos arose around London Bridge. We expect more civilized conditions around the churches of Funen when the Odense Symphony Orchestra, together with the ultra-concise Magnus Fryklund, tackles Handel's masterpiece in our traditional baroque church concert, which also offers a concert version of Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas - an epic story of love and betrayal. We guarantee goosebumps and existential angst in the most beautiful packaging to complement the baroque fireworks.

Music For The Royal Fireworks

Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Faaborg Kirke/ Faaborg Church

Saint Hans Church Odense

Baroque masterpieces by Handel, Muffat, and van Wassenaer are contrasted with contemporary compositions by Caroline Shaw, Oliver Leith, and a specially commissioned world premiere by Jacob Druckman Prize winner Isabella Gellis.

Side by Side

Marina de Liso, Francesco Galligioni and Roberto Loreggian

Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Genesis Sixteen: London

Worthing Assembly Hall

Spend your Easter Saturday with the Worthing Symphony as we are joined by a professional choir in Handel’s 1741 oratorio ‘Messiah’. We will be performing this masterpiece at baroque pitch using period instruments.

OSM Conductor Emeritus Kent Nagano leads a moving performance of Brahms’ A German Requiem, as it was presented in 1868 in Bremen, Germany. Making its debut at the OSM, this historic recreation includes excerpts from Baroque masterpieces such as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Handel’s Messiah. These musical selections offer insight into Brahms’ artistic heritage and underscore his profound connection to the rich German musical tradition. This masterpiece invites deep contemplation on life and death, promising a truly exceptional musical journey.

“A German Requiem” by Kent Nagano

A landmark concert marking 150 years of the Royal Choral Society’s Good Friday performances of Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall.

Messiah on Good Friday - 150th Year

Royal Albert Hall

As the MSO celebrates 100 years this season, it seemed only fitting to bring some of my MSO colleagues with me on stage to showcase their talent and our unique pairing. While the organ can be quite a loud instrument, it can also be used in a softer and more subtle way. With works like Handel’s G minor Organ Concerto and movements from Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet, this program will demonstrate the versatility and more intimate side of our instrument. I’m also excited that the audience will get a chance to hear many of the musicians they hear in the orchestra perform some works as soloists with the organ. So sit back, relax, and let this incredible music fill you with joy and peace!

An Evening of Chamber Music and Organ

Overture Center for the Arts

Experience the power of Handel’s Messiah like never before. On Palm Sunday, the Civic Symphony of Green Bay and the Dudley Birder Chorale present Part Two of this sacred masterpiece—illuminating the story of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection through majestic music and soaring voices. The concert will open with the Overture and conclude with the famous Hallelujah Chorus. Featuring soloists Yi-Lan Niu, Steven Paul Spears, and Kent Paulsen.

Handel 2 Hallelujah

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church

The ruling strongman is back—the kind of man who wipes the slate clean, knocks things over, takes action, and grabs what he wants, all while feeling magnificent, youthful, and cheerfully destructive. King Belshazzar was one such figure, a despotic ruler from biblical times...

Bel­shazzar

Schiller Theater

Brought about by the enthusiastic request of our audience, join us for our first production of Messiah: The Passion!  Experience parts 2 & 3 of Handel's Messiah in celebration of Easter season.

In a traditional performance setting the Fox Valley Orchestra and Fox Chamber Singers will combine their talents to bring you miraculous sounds in this amazing venue.

Messiah: The Passion

Marmion Academy

The forbidden passion between Semele, a woman, and Jupiter, the king of the gods, attracts the attention and unbridled jealousy of Jupiter’s wife, Juno. Handel’s score combines elements of opera, oratorio, and musical drama in a sensuous score, considered some of his finest work.

Composer

George Frideric Handel

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 18, 2026

Harpsichord and Strings · Sheffield Theatres

Sep 23, 2026

1 / Gilded Indulgence · Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

Oct 3, 2026

EFFERVESCENCE! Harp & Strings · Bay Philharmonic

9 - 11 Oct, 2026

Alcina · Teatro di San Carlo

Oct 11, 2026

Concert with lunch at New House · Orchestra of St John’s

Past events

Sep 13, 2026

Matinee: Organ & Harp · Berliner Philharmoniker

10 - 12 Sep, 2026

Sports in Symphony · Danish National Symphony Orchestra

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