Handel wrote his beloved oratorio Messiah in a three-week burst of intense activity during the fall of 1741. The first part of the oratorio foretells the Savior’s coming while the last part focuses on ...

Having not found any large venues in the corridor region of Eastern Iowa hosting performances of Handel’s oratorio, Messiah, this holiday season, I thought, instead, I could present a history of the ...

Last week, the Burlington Choral Society had its annual Messiah sing-along, providing scores for Handel's holiday favorite to community members who didn't own one. Similar... Handel composed the ...

The journalists who bring you The Rundown blog were debating last week what gift we could give you, our loyal readers, for the holidays. One thing sprang to mind that is almost universally enjoyed ...

The Houston Symphony and Houston Symphony Chorus performing Messiah in 2022. If you listen to holiday music frequently enough, you may find yourself stirred by a familiar refrain as a chorus joyously ...

Composed in just three weeks, Handel’s Messiah remains a beloved classic nearly 300 years on. Its origin story is marked by scandal and links to slavery.

There are as many ways to do Handel’s “Messiah” as there are conductors. And the Seattle Symphony’s guest maestro for the current “Messiah” production, Gary Thor Wedow, has chosen a highly distinctive ...

Go to any other classical music concert, and you’d get a mighty shush if you tried to sing along with the performers. But at a first-time event for Wichita State University on Nov. 29, audience ...

Thanks for joining us as we enter the Christmas Season anticipating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ — except in Bethlehem, where (newsflash) Christmas has been canceled. To compensate, let’s ...

Aisslinn Nosky wants her violin to sing. And she means that almost literally. As the concertmaster of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, Nosky spends a large chunk of every late fall and early ...