Handel’s Messiah is one of the great pieces of Baroque oratorio music. George Handel, though born in Germany, became a ...

As a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University, Charles King is more accustomed to writing and lecturing about global conflicts than sacred oratorios. Nonetheless, the ...

For nearly a century and a half, voices have rung out in Chicago each December, proclaiming: “Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!” The German-British composer George Frideric ...

<>The Boise Phil invites you and your family to join for some of the most joyous music ever written. Since its first performance two and a half centuries ago, Handel’s Messiah continues to captivate ...

No one today knows the name of one of the great, unsung heroes of the classical music canon — the composer George Frideric Handel’s tailor. Without the garment-maker, the world would never have ...

The previous Tuesday, Dubliners had heard the first performance ever of George Frederic Handel's "Messiah." While Handel did not write his oratorio for Christmas, "Messiah" soon found its place as a ...

Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing Opinion writer. The performance of Handel’s “Messiah” during Advent, the period that begins on the fourth Sunday ...

The story of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”—its composition, premier and gradual rise to worldwide popularity—has been told many times. Charles King’s innovation in “Every Valley” is to chronicle ...

Last summer, Alastair Stout and Grace Church’s Rutland Area Chorus were on tour when they came about as close to Handel’s “Messiah” — physically — as anyone can. “We were in Ireland with the choir, ...

A beloved Philadelphia holiday tradition returned Sunday as Tindley Temple United Methodist Church presents its 68th annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah.” The free community event, dubbed the ...

LA GRANDE — Watching or listening to Handel’s “Messiah,” which chronicles the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, is a deeply emotional experience for many people. The audience attending this ...

Among the pedestaled titans of Western music, George Frideric Handel was the first composer whose work not only quickly became celebrated in his own time but has been heralded ever since. Before ...