Handel
HANDEL: Messiah, excerpts
Performed by Frederick Jones, the Graduate Choir NZ and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Leonard Weiss at their 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 16… Audio
HANDEL: Incidental Music from Il pastor fido
Performed by NZ Barok, directed by Graham McPhail, at their concert 'From Court to Cathedral', St Luke's Church, Remuera, 2 October 2022. Audio
HANDEL arr William Best: Overture to The Occasional Oratorio
Performed by Indra Hughes on the Auckland Town Hall Organ, 13 August 2021. Audio
HANDEL arr Burchell: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Performed by David Burchell on the organ of Auckland Town Hall, 15 November 2020. Audio
HANDEL: Agrippina
'Agrippina' was originally set in Ancient Rome, but Sir David McVicar’s staging updates the action to the current day: an era in which sly posturing and sometimes-questionable tactics continue to… Video
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A Baroque Easter - Part Two
Music for Easter by Bach and Handel performed by the Auckland Philharmonia and guests at their Great Classics series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 18 April 2019. Audio
A Baroque Easter
Music for Easter by Bach and Handel performed by the Auckland Philharmonia and guests at their Great Classics series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 18 April 2019. Audio
APO: Celebrate Christmas 2018
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's 2018 Christmas concert features bass-baritone James Ioelu and the Graduate Choir New Zealand. They are conducted by Hamish McKeich. Audio
HANDEL: Dixit Dominus
'Dixit Dominus' by Handel is performed by Anna van der Leij, Anna Sedcole (sopranos), Andrea Cochrane (alto), John Beaglehole (tenor), Matthew Painter (bass), The Tudor Consort, Chiesa Ensemble… Audio
HANDEL: Due Arie HWV410 & 411 and Marcia in F HWV346
Ensemble Zefiro. Recorded in Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Audio
Music Critic: Dione Joseph
A selection of music from stage and screen from our film and theatre critic. Audio
Rebecca Ryan: handling Handel
Soprano singer from Bluff, who pursued a successful opera career in the UK and sings the role of Poppea in the Handel opera Agrippina at the annual Opera in a Days Bay Garden. Audio
Interrupted Cadences - Handel
John Drummond explores critical moments in the history of Western music when things might well have turned out very differently. Handel suffered a massive stroke on 13 April 1737. What if he had not… Audio
NZ Barok Handel 'Water Music Suite 1'
NZ Barok perform 'Ouverture, Adagio, Allegro, Air, Bourée and Hornpipe' - six movements from 'Suite No 1 in F', from Handel's 'Water Music' at St. Lukes Cathedral in Remuera, Auckland. Audio
NZ Barok 'Messiah' Excerpts
NZ Barok, joined by one of their regular soprano soloists, Jayne Tankersley, perform 5 movements from Messiah at St. Lukes Cathedral in Remuera, Auckland. They start with the work's opening 'Sinfony'… Audio
Peter Walls
Peter Walls, the Music Director of Opus Orchestra gathers together the 90 voices of two combined choirs and four soloists to bring to life Handel's Messiah in Hamilton and Rotorua this weekend. Peter… Audio
Jacquie Coates: Viva Voce Messiah.
Director of Viva Voce's semi-staging of Handel's Messiah. Audio
Joel Amosa: Handel Consort and Quire
Auckland-based bass-baritone performing the title role in Handel Consort & Quire's performance of Saul this weekend. Audio
Uwe Grodd and Manase Latu: Handel's 'Israel in Egypt'
19-year-old Manase Latu is the tenor soloist in the Auckland Choral performance of Handel's oratorio 'Israel in Egypt'. He joins conductor Uwe Grodd to preview their performance. Audio
Madeleine Pierard: NZSO Messiah
NZ soprano previews her performance of Handel's Messiah with the NZSO this weekend and upcoming concerts with the APO and CSO. Audio