It's "Messiah," by German-British opera composer George Frideric Handel. "It has been in near continuous performance from 1742, when it premiered, all the way up to the present," said author ...

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 ...

Handel’s 'Messiah' would be nice.” This was one of those times wherein I sometimes felt I was from another planet, as the return look was blank. Gosh, I’m old. The tech found Handel’s music on the ...

Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel through holiday-time renditions of the Messiah's 'Hallelujah' chorus or his Music for the Royal Fireworks. Life and Music Handel was born in ...

George Frideric Handel wrote his beloved oratorio Messiah in a three-week burst of intense activity during the fall of 1741. While legend declares that this accelerated fervor resulted from divine ...

After the king’s death in 1727, Handel was commissioned to compose Zadok the Priest for the coronation of George II. The anthem has been sung at every British coronation ever since. Handel’s ...

The Bethany Oratorio Society, in partnership with Bethany College and the City of Lindsborg, is set to present the 144th ...

A community chorus of 60-plus singers, a 12-piece chamber orchestra and four professional soloists will perform the Easter ...

The composer George Frideric Handel wrote this letter to ... Perhaps hoping to humour Jennens after his disappointment with 'Messiah', Handel does much in this letter to appear favourable to ...

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 ...