Most shared Handel features

Royal Academy of Music to ‘decolonise’ collection as composer linked to slave trade

Royal Academy of Music to ‘decolonise' collection as composer linked to slave trade

Organist accidentally hits ‘transpose’ during Handel’s Messiah, and produces this spectacular fail

Organist accidentally hits ‘transpose’ during Handel’s Messiah, and produces this spectacular fail

Joy to the World

Musicians are tearing apart this ‘Joy to the World’ cake with confusing notation

Christmas

Eternal Source of Light Divine

Soprano and saxophonist’s rendition of ‘Eternal Source of Light Divine’ will tingle your spine

Handel's Messiah disaster

The time a small church performed a dramatic Handel’s ‘Messiah’, and it went badly wrong

Forte Handbell Quartet

A completely mad handbell arrangement of The Hallelujah Chorus

Tilda Swinton has directed a Baroque music video starring her DOGS

Tilda Swinton has directed a Baroque music video starring her DOGS

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Smiling composers

We tweaked famous composer portraits so they’re all smiling

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Mezzo Daniela Mack Handel runs

Mezzo sings a gigantic 72-note Handel phrase **in one breath**

Handel shred

This Handel shred is the most majestic piece of classical humour

Football and opera merge thanks to Phil Jones

Someone has set Phil Jones gurning to a Handel aria - and it’s the only thing you need to see today

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Handel organ fail

Some absolute legend has transcribed the amazing musical Handel organ fail

Olivia Colman and Emma Stone in The Favourite

The Favourite soundtrack: trailer music, tracklisting and credits

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Iestyn Davies

What is a countertenor? And how do you sing falsetto? We asked the brilliant singer Iestyn Davies

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Kiri Te Kanawa with Princess Diana

‘I was so proud to be there as a New Zealander’ – Kiri Te Kanawa remembers performing at Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s wedding
Classical music in wartime

The most moving classical music composed in wartime

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Red Priest

Watch some gorgeous Handel at The Foundling Museum

Red Priest

one man handel messiah

Handel's Hallelujah chorus on trumpet and organ is a thing of immense joy