With artistic director James Richman leading from the harpsichord ... to Handel’s own early ones: about 24 each of chorus singers and instrumentalists, the latter mostly playing baroque-style ...

Concerts in Oak Park feature “the most unusual repertoire. Sometimes you’ll only hear those pieces at the Handel Week ...

Invented by Bartolomeu Christofori, the piano gave composers more dynamic range than the harpsichord ... became a hit with the masses in the 1700s. Handel was one of the most successful composers ...