"…the redemption that's available to us as humanity" Handel's Messiah, from English National Opera, on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer this Saturday at 6pm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000tzdt | BBC Radio 3

In London in 1736, the Baroque genius Handel celebrated the power of music with his oratorio about Alexander the Great, one of the foremost successes of his life. For this original English version via Arcana, Alfredo Bernardini unites the fantastic voices of the Arnold Schoenberg Chor with his lively Ensemble Zefiro Baroque Orchestra. The three soloists Miriam Kutrowatz, Daniel Johannsen and Damien Gastl tell the ancient story of how the singer Timotheus was once able to change the mood of the g

[ON THIS DAY] 🔥🎶 Julius Caesar was born a July 13th... Say no more: it's the perfect occasion to rewatch Handel's Giulio Cesare, with Sarah Connolly, Danielle de Niese and William Christie as conductor! 🔥🎶 http://bit.ly/Handel_GiulioCesare | medici.tv