Listen to the Best of Baroque Music This Christmas!
by Hermione Lai, Interlude There is no better way to celebrate the holiday season than to listen to joyful and uplifting Baroque music. For me, it’s the best and most inspiring classical Christmas music, and it includes Messiah by Handel, the beautiful Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach, the pastoral Christmas Concerto by Arcangelo Corelli, and the emotional Christmas Cantata by Alessandro Stradella. Why not listen with me to the best of Baroque music this Christmas? A Performance of Handel’s Messiah © shepherdexpress.com We all know that George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was one of the all-time great composers. And around Christmas you can hear his popular oratorio Messiah wherever you go. Handel actually composed the piece in the middle of severe financial difficulties; and then he had a brilliant idea. He talked to the clergyman Charles Jennens about a text on the Messiah combining verses from the King James Bible. The finished text was very long, and it...