The story of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”—its composition, premier and gradual rise to worldwide popularity—has been told many times. Charles King’s innovation in “Every Valley” is to chronicle ...

EXCLUSIVE: Walden Media has hired Oscar, BAFTA and Tony Award-winning screenwriter and playwright Christopher Hampton to adapt Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's ...

"Every Valley" uncovers the story behind one of the world’s most beloved musical works, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. More than a simple origin story, "Every Valley" reveals the turbulent, ...

Every Valley, by Charles King (Doubleday). This history casts Handel’s “Messiah,” which King calls the “greatest piece of participatory art ever created,” as both quintessentially of its time and an ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...