For nearly a century and a half, voices have rung out in Chicago each December, proclaiming: “Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!” The German-British composer George Frideric ...
Two hundred and eighty-four years is plenty of time for something to go out of style or be swept under the rug of history. But don’t tell that to George Frideric Handel, who composed a bit of musical ...
No work of western classical music is more closely associated with the Christmas season than German-born composer George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, which premiered in 1742. This was in the wake of ...
Fifty years ago, a music teacher wanted to make sure her students got more out of life. Her solution: Teach them the incredibly difficult but incredibly popular Handel’s “Messiah.” Whether they knew ...
Our second Easter during the COVID-19 pandemic will be here soon (April 4 for most Christians and May 2 for Eastern Orthodox Christians). For the past year, we’ve endured isolation, uncertainty, ...