A "Messiah Sing-In" -- a performance of Handel's oratorio "Messiah" with the audience joining in the choruses -- is a musical highlight of the Christmas season. Christians, Jews and others come ...

Every December, choirs from around the world come together to perform Messiah by 18th-century composer George Frideric Handel. In Australia, there is at least one performance in most capital cities.

This week I’m continuing a rundown of upcoming holiday choral concerts begun last week. I can’t get to all of them, sadly, but here are a few highlights. In program planning, the big enchilada for ...

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 ...

ARLINGTON, Va. _ Sitting in the back pew of First Presbyterian Church here, her baby nestled in a sling against her chest, the Rev. Emily Berman D’Andrea joined about 150 other people in belting out ...

George Frideric Handel's Messiah shows no signs of slowing down 273 years after its debut in Dublin on that cool Irish Friday, 13 April 1742. This current year's batch of recordings includes a ...

Among the great winter holiday traditions, both old and new, lies one highly honored in the world of classical music - the sacred oratorio "Messiah," written by composer George Frideric Handel in 1741 ...

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