The Irish Times

Amen to a Messiah

Madam, - Michael Dervan's review of the performance of Handel's Messiah in St Patrick's Cathedral by the Irish Baroque Orchestra… Madam, - Michael Dervan's review of the performance of Handel's ...
Evening Chronicle

Review: Handel's Messiah, The Sage Gateshead

REJOICE, greatly, and indeed we have reason to. The Sage Gateshead was the setting to announce the advent of Christmas. Performing Handel’s Messiah, the joint force of Northern Sinfonia and the ...
Los Angeles Times

Music review: Philharmonia Baroque ‘Messiah’ at Disney Hall

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. We date ourselves through history. Whether it’s a textbook, historical ...
The Guardian

Handel's Messiah: the sound of our better selves

Although Handel's Messiah has become synonymous with charity, it's the music that really matters How Handel's Messiah helped London's orphans – and vice versa Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah, is one of ...
The Guardian

Handel's Messiah: the Christmas gift that keeps giving

The British Library has put the draft score online, so we can see a festive masterpiece in progress - crossings-out and all Hallelujah! What a Christmas present from the British Library: a chance to ...
The Washington Post

NSO presents a muddled ‘Messiah,’ but all is not lost

Few Christmas presents are as endlessly customizable as Handel’s “Messiah.” Handel, himself, couldn’t keep his mitts off it — snipping, scribbling in and rewriting parts to tailor this eternally ...
The New York Times

Trinity Church’s ‘Messiah’ Is Still the Gold Standard

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The church’s urgent and eloquent version of Handel’s classic oratorio remains an inspired communal rite. By Zachary Woolfe The ...
Christianity Today

Hallelujah! ‘Messiah’ Sing-Alongs Turn Audience into the Choir

The centuries-old tradition has returned to community theaters after a pandemic hiatus. If you attend this year’s performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Des Moines Community Orchestra, you’ll walk ...
The New York Times

Two Men Wrote ‘Messiah.’ You Know One of Them.

Dr. King is a professor at Georgetown and the author of “Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s ‘Messiah.’” When Charles Jennens, a wealthy art collector, first heard ...
Noozhawk

Gerald Carpenter: Sing Handel With Your Friends and Neighbors

Phillip McLendon — conductor, founder, educator, and maestro of maestros — will lead his 39th Messiah Sing Along, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave., ...
The Irish Times

Amen to a Messiah

Madam, - In marked contrast to Michael Dervan's description of the performance of Handel's Messiah by the Irish Baroque Orchestra… Madam, - In marked contrast to Michael Dervan's description of the ...