Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is a Christian masterpiece known by everyone, a soaring work of genius that never loses its ability to astonish & inspire.

Crisp, brisk, and almost frantically presented, this Czech performance of Messiah stands as one with the greatest velocity on record, competing with both McCreesh (Archiv, 1997) and the Scholars ...

How the composer (and his lesser-known collaborator) wedded Scripture and music in daring new ways. For many of us, Handel’s Messiah has transcended its place as a great work of art and has taken on ...

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 the 171st consecutive year, the Handel and Haydn Society will present Handel’s Messiah at Symphony Hall November 29 + 30 + December 1, performing on period instruments like those Handel knew and ...

In its 26th year, American Bach Soloists' performance of Handel's beloved oratorio is still fresh and urgent.

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 ...

Its composer, George Frideric Handel, was born in 1685 in what is now Germany. Although his family discouraged him from a musical career, his astonishing natural talent proved unstoppable. Acquiring a ...

There’s plenty of George Frideric Handel’s 1742 “Messiah” to go around in Seattle this December. Pacific MusicWorks and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra have scheduled back-to-back programs of Handel ...

The Handel and Haydn Society will kick off the holiday season with the glorious tradition of performing Handel Messiah at Symphony Hall. Always animated, Václav Luks, artistic director of Prague's ...