Its composer, George Frideric Handel, was born in 1685 in what is now Germany. Although his family discouraged him from a musical career, his astonishing natural talent proved unstoppable. Acquiring a ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Crisp, brisk, and almost frantically presented, this Czech performance of Messiah stands as one with the greatest velocity on record, competing with both McCreesh (Archiv, 1997) and the Scholars ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook One of the longstanding traditions of Ann Arbor’s music scene is the annual performance of George ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Two performances, at Trinity Church Wall Street and the New York Philharmonic, were similar yet showed how beauty emerges in ...

Classical music fans often hear a signature piece by George Frideric Handel each December. Handel’s famous oratorio “Messiah,” and its beloved “Hallelujah” chorus, is a favorite during Christmas ...

Handel’s “Messiah” is one of the most widely played pieces during the Christmas season and is certainly the most popular oratorio. It’s also, however, the subject of a wide variety of myths, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brian Gibson’s first encounter with G. F. Handel’s oratorio, “The Messiah,” was in 1963, when he sang in the chorus as a boy soprano in a local performance. Since then, he has participated in ...