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Video: The English Concert Performs Handel

The complete “Messiah,” HWV 56. [Watch after the jump.]

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The Top Classical Work Performed in 2010 is…

Based on statistical data by Bachtrack. [Read more after the jump.]

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Concert Review Links: Boston Baroque, Sinfonia New York, and The Sixteen

A New Year’s Eve concert, baroque music at Bargemusic, and “Messiah” en masse. [Read more after the jump.]

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George Frideric Handel vs. Georg Friederich Händel

Does the correct spelling of his name matter? [Read more after the jump.]

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How do you like your “Messiah”?

Minnesota Public Radio host Bob Christiansen weighs in on his preferred recording. [Read more after the jump.]

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Video: Messiah in Hebrew

Excerpts from Handel’s “Messiah” performed in Hebrew by the Liturgi-kal Choir and Israel Chamber Orchestra. [Watch after the jump.]

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Concert Reviews Linked: Handel and Haydn Society, Les Talens Lyriques, and Dallas Bach Society

Bach in Boston, Lully at Versailles, and Handel in Dallas. [Read more after the jump.]

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Mozart, Handel, and Messiah

The Los Angeles Master Chorale shakes things up, but not totally. [Read more after the jump.]

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More Concert Reviews Linked: Pacific Baroque Orchestra, The Sixteen, and Beggar’s Opera Updated

A winter-themed program, a terrific “Messiah,” and “Brat,” a controversial adaptation of John Gay’s “Beggar’s Opera.” [Read more after the jump.]

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Concert Reviews Linked: The “Messiah” Edition, pt. 2

Performances by the Early Opera Company (London), Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland), and Seraphic Fire (Miami). [Read more after the jump.]

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