The anthem has been sung at every British coronation ever since. Handel’s most famous oratorio is Messiah composed in 1741. When it premiered in Dublin the following year, Handel’s name drew ...

It's probably the most-heard piece of classical music on Earth, the most sung, and the most recorded. It's "Messiah," by German-British opera composer George Frideric Handel. "It has been in near ...

The pieces so powerful that you’ll be out of your seat, air-conducting to the full force of an imaginary orchestra, or ...

“Handel's ‘Messiah’ has been with us since 1742, in nearly continuous performance all that time. And I think people report finding something deep and meaningful and awesome in it, even if they don't ...

moving the music and story along while providing the emotional framework for the piece, making this oratorio unique among similar works of its kind. Handel wrote “Messiah” in 1741, and it was ...

Handel’s Messiah for Our Time is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

While legend declares that this accelerated fervor resulted from divine inspiration, it was certainly helped by the fact that in some parts of Messiah, Handel recycled his own music. The well ...

Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel through holiday-time renditions of the Messiah's 'Hallelujah' chorus or his Music for the Royal Fireworks. Life and Music Handel was born in ...

George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” as any true masterpiece is always rewarding, but Sunday took the church’s traditional annual performances to new depths — and it proved riveting from beginning to ...

The concerts will be at The Auditorium, 50 E. Ida B Wells Drive, on January 11 and January 12. Tickets, starting at $39, are now on sale at www.auditoriumtheatre.org or calling The Auditorium's ...