George Freideric Handel

Today's piece comes form the Music of the Baroque and features Handel's oratorio about the biblical general "Jephtha" who leads the Israelites to freedom from the Ammonites, but promises a sacrifice to God of the first living creature he sees if he's victorious, Unfortunately, that turns out to be his loving daughter Iphis who happily runs out to greet her father as soon as she sees him.

We’ll continue with the music of Handel and the performance of Music of the Baroque on this week’s Sunday Opera (10/27 3:00 p.m.) with Handel’s 1739…

We begin a series of three works by George Frideric Handel on this week’s Sunday Opera (10/20 3:00 p.m.) with his oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus” from Music…