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 ...

Thanks for joining us as we enter the Christmas Season anticipating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ — except in Bethlehem, where (newsflash) Christmas has been canceled. To compensate, let’s ...

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 ...

Audiences only rarely have the opportunity to hear "Messiah" complete, as Apollo's Fire is offering the work this weekend. Along with the famous selections, including the adored "Hallelujah Chorus," ...

First performed in 1742, the oratorio was afterwards adapted for huge choirs, and continues to be a firm favourite Everyone knows Handel’s Messiah. Anyway, if you don’t, the timing of your curiosity ...

WYE MILLS -- The Christmas season will kick in to high gear at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Chesapeake College's Todd Performing Arts Center with a complete performance of Handel's "Messiah." The concert ...

As Christmas approaches, let’s focus on Handel’s famous oratorio and some of the weirder approaches to the Hallelujah Chorus. If you like your Handel with added psychedelic trance, LED lights and ...

Though the composer didn't originally intend his most famous work as Christmas music, the rousing "Hallelujah" chorus from George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" has become a tradition and sacred ...

For the first time in decades, George Frederic Handel’s most famous oratorio, “Messiah.” will be performed in its entirety in Vermont. “It’s a masterpiece. It’s a great, great piece,” says conductor ...

*This episode originally aired December 8, 2015. 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 ...