“Why do the nations so furiously rage together?” is a magnificent aria from George Frideric Handel’s oratorio MESSIAH. Bass baritone Jonathan Woody sang it in the 2019 Handel Aria Competition, providing today’s selection of Beautiful Music. And mark your calendar for April 18 and 20, when Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society with give the world premiere performance (streaming online) of a commissioned composition by Jonathan Woody — his Suite for String Orchestra after the works of Charles Ignatius Sancho. You’ll find a link below with more details about the concert.
Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone, singing from Messiah in the 2019 Handel Aria Competition – YouTube
Jonathan Woody World Premiere, from Themes by Ignatius Sancho – Handel and Haydn Society