Back Bay Chorale Strikes Fire with Exodus
Anthony Trecek-King (file photo) Handel wrote so many oratorios on Jewish subjects, including Solomon, Esther, Joseph, Saul, Judas Maccabeus, that one could even consider accepting his exceedingly pleasing and popular Israel in Egypt as a partial reparation to the Jewish people for 500 years of slavery in Egypt. Of course, referring to Israel in Egypt … [Read more…]