Two hundred and eighty-four years is plenty of time for something to go out of style or be swept under the rug of history. But don’t tell that to George Frideric Handel, who composed a bit of musical ...

Start your festive season with an unforgettable evening of music, history, and atmosphere. Experience the highlights of Handel’s Messiah—one of the most iconic and beloved masterpieces in classical ...

Regardless of where you live, the odds are good that, during the Christmas season, someone is performing Handel’s Messiah in your area. If you’ve never seen a performance of this masterful oratorio, ...

Given that the on-screen presenters rightly flagged up the timeliness of Handel’s peerlessly uplifting journey through desolation into hope, would it really have ruined the day's ratings to record the ...

Meet the unlikely characters who defined this musical classic. Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and soaring ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Among the pedestaled titans of Western music, George Frideric Handel was the first composer whose work not only quickly became celebrated in his own time but has been heralded ever since. Before ...

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 ...

Charles King, a professor at Georgetown University, is the author of “Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s Messiah.” We will soon be entering “Messiah” season — the ...

Five ensembles from Davis High School are combining for concert performances of highlights from the famous Handel oratorio “Messiah” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 18 and 19, at the Episcopal ...