On Christmas night—Sunday, Dec. 25, 1921—Lubbock’s Methodist choir performed “choruses and solos mostly from Handel’s Messiah”, alongside music by the Lubbock Male Quartette. At that point in ...

George Frideric Handel was mainly a composer of operas. In fact, he composed dozens of them. Even though his productions were popular in 18th-century London, Handel had his enemies -- he was a ...

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 ...

LA GRANDE — Watching or listening to Handel’s “Messiah,” which chronicles the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, is a deeply emotional experience for many people. The audience attending this ...

Handel’s Messiah was first performed in Dublin, and Handel insisted that it be used to raise money for debtors in prison, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Handel’s Messiah, one of the most beloved holiday traditions, begins with the phrase “Comfort ye my people.” In a year when people need comfort more than ever, GBH and the Handel and Haydn Society ...

"In a few short weeks, I will take the podium to conduct George Frideric Handel’s epic oratorio, Messiah, with The National Philharmonic for the first time at both venues,” said Gajewski. “I invite ...

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 centuries-old tradition has returned to community theaters after a pandemic hiatus. If you attend this year’s performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Des Moines Community Orchestra, you’ll walk ...

The Aspen Choral Society (ACS) will present its 48th annual performance of the Baroque-era, English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, “Messiah,” on Friday through Sunday.