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

Two hundred and eighty-four years is plenty of time for something to go out of style or be swept under the rug of history. But don’t tell that to George Frideric Handel, who composed a bit of musical ...

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 story of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”—its composition, premier and gradual rise to worldwide popularity—has been ...

Kurt Ullrich lives in rural Jackson County. I’ve been immersed in one of my all-time favorite pieces of music, George Frideric Handel’s magnificent “Messiah.” It all began on a Tuesday when I was ...

NEW YORK — If you grew up thinking of Handel’s “Messiah” as a sweet, staid pageant, a holiday ritual involving a little nap and a stand-and-deliver “Hallelujah” chorus, the forces of Trinity Wall ...

All are invited to join their voices in song with the Shelter Island Community Chorus for the 8th Annual Jack Monaghan ...

The centuries-old tradition has returned to community theaters after a pandemic hiatus. If you attend this year’s performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Des Moines Community Orchestra, you’ll walk ...

“Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah,” the reimagined version of George Frideric Handel’s 1741 oratorio, returns to the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago. The production, ...

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 ...

The performance began with the two male soloists, tenor Orson Van Gay and bass-baritone Shyheim Selvan Hinnant, singing in clear, clarion tones. They both also displayed fine diction, making the ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...