Some Chicagoans came to appreciate “Messiah” as a piece of music with appeal that extended beyond its Christian themes.

The Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra at Temple Square perform "Hallelujah," from Messiah. Handel wrote his beloved oratorio Messiah in a three-week burst of intense activity during the fall of 1741. The ...

For 60 years, the Philadelphia Orchestra has performed Handel's Messiah for the holidays. This year, the tradition continues. "It's a piece of great variety and textures," says Jeremy Rothman, The ...

NEW HAVEN >> If you love Handel’s “Messiah” – as we do – you’re not just keen on seeing one of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra’s four performances in the coming week; you want to take in all of them.

It takes a village to perform Handel’s “Messiah”: a nimble and speedy chorus, an accomplished orchestra, four virtuoso soloists, and a keyboard player who is equally adept at the harpsichord and the ...

The familiar soul-stirring strains of the “Hallelujah Chorus” will fill a local church as Decatur’s Orchestra Sul Ponticello carries on a holiday tradition centuries in the making.

The familiar soul-stirring strains of the “Hallelujah Chorus” will fill a local church as Decatur’s Orchestra Sul Ponticello carries on a holiday tradition centuries in the making.

PORT ANGELES — The girl can barely contain herself. “I am really, really excited,” said Charlotte Marckx, the nationally known teenage violinist about to join the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra and ...

The guest soloists are in town, the chorus is rehearsed and the symphony is ready to take the stage for Saturday's sold-out holiday performance of Handel's "Messiah." The Jacksonville Symphony ...

There comes a time in the “Do-It-Yourself Messiah” when my eyes begin to mist and the tears begin to flow. There has been a hint of this in the earlier “And the glory of the Lord” passage, when the ...

Handel wrote his beloved oratorio Messiah in a three-week burst of intense activity during the fall of 1741. The first part of the oratorio foretells the Savior’s coming while the last part focuses on ...