Today’s Beautiful Music is a concert performance by bass-baritone Jonathan Woody with the Britten–Pears Baroque Orchestra, directed by Christian Curnyn, They are performing the aria “Racks, gibbets, sword and fire” from George Frideric Handel’s oratorio THEODORA. Mr. Woody shines with drama and virtuosity and, as a seasoned professional, is setting a standard to emulate for the young musicians supporting him.