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" ...

I recall walking through the lobby of Jerusalem’s King David Hotel around 1978, when TVs were blasting the Israeli broadcast premiere of Handel’s “Messiah.” Sung in Hebrew and played by the Israel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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No one today knows the name of one of the great, unsung heroes of the classical music canon — the composer George Frideric Handel’s tailor. Without the garment-maker, the world would never have ...

"I did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God Himself." Handel's charity concert that resonated down the centuries. On a Tuesday afternoon in Dublin in the spring of 1742, an audience ...

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 ...