Since its premiere in 1742, George Frideric Handel's 3.5-hour oratorio for chorus, soloists and orchestra has become a ...

I had never heard the name Charles Jennens until an article by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist ...

The oratorio that gave the world the ‘Hallelujah‘ chorus was created in a troubled period for the once-popular composer.

England, an aging composer named George Freidrich Handel put out a piece thrown together in a hurry. It’s called "Messiah." ...

Librettist Charles Jennens is given his due in the creation of a beloved standard of classical repertoire, which has strong ...

For more than three centuries, German-British composer George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” has been a staple of the classical canon during the holidays. It’s a vaulting oratorio, in English, of the ...

The composer George Frideric Handel wrote this letter to his friend and librettist Charles Jennens on 19th July 1744. It was written about a year after the London premiere of Handel's great ...

The story of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”—its composition, premier and gradual rise to worldwide popularity—has been told many times. Charles King’s innovation in “Every Valley ...

For more than three centuries, German-British composer George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” has been a staple of the classical canon during the holidays. It’s a vaulting oratorio, in English, of the ...

Among the towering masterpieces of Western music, the Messiah occupies a distinctive place: It is familiar to more people than any other work of its kind. Bach’s B Minor Mass and St. Matthew Passion ...

No one today knows the name of one of the great, unsung heroes of the classical music canon — the composer George Frideric Handel’s tailor. Without the garment-maker, the world would never ...

For the first time in 17 years, you can sing-along to George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” composition at Bakersfield High ...