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 ...

The Handel and Haydn Society held its annual “Messiah” concert on the weekend of Thanksgiving at Symphony Hall as a Christmas oratorio for the holiday season. The concert was directed by Handel and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 74th annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah” by the Messiah Chorus of Lake County has been rescheduled for noon to 3 p.m. on Dec. 14. Originally slated for Dec. 1, the performance was postponed ...

For the first time in decades, George Frederic Handel’s most famous oratorio, “Messiah.” will be performed in its entirety in ...

Dame Jane Glover leads the Chorus, Orchestra, and an illustrious cast featuring the Music of the Baroque debuts of ...

The Mankato Symphony Orchestra will present Handel’s “Messiah” twice in the weeks leading up to Christmas. MSO first presented the traditional piece in 1950, its first year as an organization.

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 ...

The world has changed greatly since 1948, when the first Messiah Chorus of Lake County gathered at Painesville United ...

Mention the Hallelujah Chorus or play the first few chords, and it’s difficult to keep people from bursting into song. At least that was the case in a recent surprise performance in a Canadian ...