It's one of the most iconic pieces of music ever written. Even those who attend church less regularly may know portions of Handel's "Messiah". This weekend and next, a group of local musicians ...

Handel’s Messiah was first performed in Dublin, and Handel insisted that it be used to raise money for debtors in prison, ...

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 ...

What: Honor Handel’s most outstanding work with joyous refrains and exultant arias, including the iconic “Hallelujah” chorus. Conducted by James Lowe and chorale director Dr. Meg Stohlmann, featuring ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oh, Handel, you populated your “Messiah” with so many pleasures: the fugues that surge like ocean surf; the shivery gravity of the strings, early on; the rhythms that connote struggle, groping through ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Anyone dusting off their copy of George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” in the run-up to Christmas this year might spare a thought for the unsung hero of the piece. Without Charles ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. One of my fondest memories of Handel’s “Messiah” is a school trip to New York City to participate in the annual “Messiah Sing-in” at Lincoln Center. My ...