FOR the past twenty-three years, the only Handel oratorio to be heard in town was the “Messiah,” which was produced annually not so much as a musical offering but rather as a Christmas devotion. Now, ...

Music director Peter Butterfield conducts the Civic Orchestra of Victoria and the Victoria Philharmonic Choir in the singalong Handel's Messiah a few years ago.BRUCE STOTESBURY Victoria, like many ...

Three fascinating performances highlight a busy Southern California concert schedule during the next fortnight. Mention the words “Handel” and “oratorio” in the same sentence and most people would ...

Evergreen of Evergreens, Oratorio of Oratorios, forever and ever! Would Handel’s “Messiah” be as ubiquitous if the composer had, in summer 1741, been handed a different biblical life to set to music, ...

Paul McCreesh gives a conductor's perspective on Handel... One of the moments I think I became aware that Handel is a great dramatic composer was when Christopher Hogwood’s recording of Messiah came ...

George Frideric Handel (at age 64 in 1749) produced works, including Messiah that dazzled even the musical titans who would succeed him. AGE Fotostock George Frideric Handel's Messiah was originally ...

FOR a classical arts organisation, 200 years of continued existence is in itself worthy of a party. But Boston’s Handel & Haydn Society (H&H), which reaches that milestone this month, will also pay ...

The increasingly theatricality of the choral society performances has been driven by artistic director and singer Tobias Cole, who wants to give his audience a dramatic as well as musical experience. ...

To come across David Attenborough in the audience for The Sixteen's all-Handel Prom concert at the Albert Hall on Wednesday evening seemed entirely appropriate. There he stood, the greatest public ...