Every December, Ernestine Adams dances to the music and thanks the Lord she’s still around to sing Handel’s "Messiah" at Zion Baptist Church in Louisville's West End. This year marks the 70th singing ...

Classical music fans often hear a signature piece by George Frideric Handel each December. Handel’s famous oratorio “Messiah,” and its beloved “Hallelujah” chorus, is a favorite during Christmas ...

The cover of "Every Valley" and author Charles King. (Courtesy of Doubleday and Mary Fecteau) Host Scott Tong gets the behind-the-scenes story of the creation of George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Past recordings of Handel’s Messiah are so numerous that it must be hard to present a new arrival that stands ...

The Music Conservatory of Coeur d'Alene has announced the soloists for its marquee concert of the year, Handel’s "Messiah." Conducted by the music conservatory's Yevgeniy Grechko, the program will ...

Handel's Messiah is possibly the most famous and popular piece of classical music of all time. Yet it's full of secrets and surprises — it wasn't actually meant for Christmas and its words are largely ...

With the Hallelujah Chorus as its centerpiece, George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah is probably the most famous piece of classical music in the world, performed thousands of times every year at ...