The Handel and Haydn Society will perform Handel’s Messiah November 28–30, 2025, at Symphony Hall in Boston, marking its ...

Hearing the piece in a church made my husband and me newly aware of the trajectory of the story, from birth, to death and resurrection, to the mystery of redemption. When I was growing up, one of the ...

Classical music fans often hear a signature piece by George Frideric Handel each December. Handel’s famous oratorio “Messiah,” and its beloved “Hallelujah” chorus, is a favorite during Christmas ...

For the first time in decades, George Frederic Handel’s most famous oratorio, “Messiah.” will be performed in its entirety in Vermont. “It’s a masterpiece. It’s a great, great piece,” says conductor ...

Having not found any large venues in the corridor region of Eastern Iowa hosting performances of Handel’s oratorio, Messiah, this holiday season, I thought, instead, I could present a history of the ...

Handel’s “Messiah,” composed in 1741 and the most celebrated oratorio of them all, will be given two free area performances during the first weekend in November by the Mayflower Camerata, a civic ...

Handel’s “Messiah” is a perpetual audience favorite. No holiday season is complete without the unforgettable melodies, dramatic text, and impassioned vocal writing — particularly the “Hallelujah ...

For many, Christmas wouldn’t quite be Christmas without a chance to be a part of George Frideric Handel’s moving “Messiah,” complete with its Hallelujah Chorus. In the spirit of this musical tradition ...

At Friday evening’s performance of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah,” the Handel and Haydn Society announced that it had received an anonymous gift of $10 million in honor of artistic director Harry ...

Robert Crouse Sr. having returned to his hometown of Hartland, Michigan wanted to give area residents an uplifting cultural ...