Messiah, the most famous oratorio ever written, is quite unlike Handel's other ones, let alone those by most earlier and later composers. A German who initially made his fame writing Italian operas ...

Did a catalog bursting with “Messiah” recordings of every stylistic stripe really need two more? Sure, if they can make us listen to this familiar music afresh and provide a stirring experience in the ...

George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” is generally acknowledged as the best-known oratorio ever written, and further proof of its lofty status will be in evidence Saturday afternoon, when the Allentown ...

Is there a better way to get into the holiday spirit than by listening to Handel’s Messiah? How about listening to it for free? The Messiah Choral Society will put on its 34th annual performance today ...

Jane Glover knows Handel’s “Messiah.” She’s conducted it more than 50 times, in various settings, with orchestras large and small. Yet Glover, the British early music specialist who makes her San ...

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The holiday season may be over, but a new Christmas tradition emerged in Chicago over the weekend. Judging by the size of the crowd and the intensity of its response, it’s a sure bet that “Too Hot to ...

BLOOMINGTON— Never could George Frideric Handel have imagined, as he sat in Dublin’s Music Hall on the 13th of April in 1742, what sort of fabled history his oratorio “Messiah” would have.• That it ...

Many events require reservations or advance ticket purchases -- call before you go! METROPOLITAN CHORUS Dec. 2 at 5. The ensemble presents a singalong performance of selections from Handel's "Messiah" ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — The 60-voice Androscoggin Chorale and the Maine Music Society ...