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 ...

This week I’m continuing a rundown of upcoming holiday choral concerts begun last week. I can’t get to all of them, sadly, but here are a few highlights. In program planning, the big enchilada for ...

For many, the holiday season’s joy will become tangible when the Messiah Chorus of Lake County performs Handel’s “Messiah“ at 4 p.m. on Dec.1 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 9925 Johnnycake Ridge Road ...

“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly Host praising God” and singing Handel’s Messiah. Though cynics may snarl “But who may abide the day of His coming?” they will be a ...

Handel’s “Messiah” has delighted music lovers for nearly three centuries, and in our time it’s most often performed at Christmas. Every year, the Seattle Symphony presents several December ...

In the long history of choirs performing George Frideric Handel's 1741 oratorio "Messiah," the recent interruption thanks to the pandemic is but a tiny blip. That blip, however, was keenly felt by the ...

Handel’s “Messiah” — by far the finest and most sophisticated of any Christmas staple, whether carol, ballet, poem, painting, cartoon or Jimmy Stewart movie — has always been a people’s musical ...

It's one of the most famous and widely shared pieces of music in history. George Frideric Handel intended his oratorio "Messiah" for Lent, and it was first performed just after Easter 1742. But over ...