Our Händel concerts in Berlin 2025

George Frideric Händel shares his birth year with Johann Sebastian Bach. Like the latter, he had a decisive influence on classical music and, not only with his numerous operas and oratorios, left behind a body of work that continues to find enthusiastic listeners centuries later! The ROC ensembles dedicate their Händel concerts to the great compositions of the baroque master and perform them for you in Berlin's impressive venues!

The next Händel concerts of the ROC ensembles in Berlin can be found here from mid-July with the publication of the new season.

Händel concerts by the ROC in Berlin

Not many people can claim that a law was passed to naturalize them in England specifically because of them - Händel could. In England, he led opera to its heyday and began to take an interest in oratorios when his opera academy was dissolved. Händel left behind a truly versatile and voluminous oeuvre that elevated him to the rank of a classic throughout his life.

Händel - a master of the grand gesture

When you think of Händel, you think of opera - he composed over 40 of them, full of heroic stories, cabal & love and drama. However, his work in other genres is no less impressive. His oratorios, above all the “Messiah”, made him immortal in England, but Händel's instrumental works such as the Water Music and the Fireworks Music as well as his concerti grossi - forerunners of the symphony concerts - are also full of charm, emotion and virtuoso effect, which our ROC ensembles bring back to life for you in their Händel concerts in Berlin.

Händel's “Messiah” - one of the most frequently performed works in music history

Händel's “Messiah” is an absolutely overwhelming work that is rightly celebrated around the world to this day and is often included in the programs of the ROC ensembles.

“Messiah” does not have a continuous plot, but is rather a meditation on the life, passion and redemption of Christ. The choruses have a dramatic impact, which Händel, as a master of polyphony, used skillfully, and varied arias are combined with subtle instrumentation that is lush but never overloaded.
It is easy to attest to Händel's inspiration, as he wrote this monumental work in not more than 24 days. “I believed I saw heaven before me, and the great God himself,” he himself says about the Messiah. We cannot promise that you will see God when you hear the “Messiah” in one of our concerts - but we will do everything we can to make it possible!

In their Händel concerts, the ROC ensembles perform the works of the Englishman by choice and provide you with an evening full of great music in Berlin's most beautiful venues.