George Frideric Handel (at age 64 in 1749) produced works, including Messiah that dazzled even the musical titans who would succeed him. AGE Fotostock George Frideric Handel's Messiah was originally ...

For nearly a century and a half, voices have rung out in Chicago each December, proclaiming: “Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!” The German-British composer George Frideric ...

The Augustana College Department of Music will present George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at 3 p.m. in Centennial Hall. The performance will feature the Augustana Oratorio ...

The Friday through Sunday performances of Handel's "Messiah" by Augustana College's Handel Oratorio Society will mark 125 years of rising for the "Hallelujah" chorus in what is now the Quad-Cities.

The Arkansas Choral Society is gearing up for its 95th annual performance of George Frideric Handel's "Messiah," 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church, 5700 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. The ...

Forget the Christmas tree and Saint Nic’s suit, it is music that marks Germany’s greatest contributions to the holiday. Aside from any number of carols, there is the ubiquitous Messiah, like Handel ...

A holiday tradition for the Society since first performing the work on Christmas Day 1874 in Carnegie Hall under the baton of founding director Leopold Damrosch, this year's grand performance includes ...

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” is to chronicle ...

FOR the past twenty-three years, the only Handel oratorio to be heard in town was the “Messiah,” which was produced annually not so much as a musical offering but rather as a Christmas devotion. Now, ...