Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. National Philharmonic (NatPhil) presents three ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since its premiere in 1742, George Frideric Handel's "Messiah," a 3.5-hour work for chorus, soloists and orchestra that includes ...

George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” has been a Christmas tradition throughout the world as long as most can remember, despite originally an Easter work. And Vermont is no exception, with longtime ...

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 ...

Handel (1685-1759) wrote “Messiah,” his beloved English-language oratorio, in 1741. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter by Charles Jennens. First performed in ...

Last summer, Alastair Stout and Grace Church’s Rutland Area Chorus were on tour when they came about as close to Handel’s “Messiah” — physically — as anyone can. “We were in Ireland with the choir, ...

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 ...

It starts with a message of comfort before listeners are shepherded through the fast-moving and intricate telling of the prophesy, birth and resurrection of Christ. George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah,” ...

They’ve been through a lot together, The Handel and Haydn Society and its namesake George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.” The period-instrument orchestra first performed the resplendent “Hallelujah” ...

As a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University, Charles King is more accustomed to writing and lecturing about global conflicts than sacred oratorios. Nonetheless, the ...