Composed in just three weeks, Handel’s Messiah remains a beloved classic nearly 300 years on. Its origin story is marked by scandal and links to slavery.

The Aspen Choral Society’s upcoming performances of Handel’s “Messiah” will sound a little different. The beloved local chorus, performing its 45th consecutive “Messiah” on a three-day Roaring Fork ...

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 ...

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 ...

ASPEN – Handel’s Messiah, before becoming perhaps the most popular piece of choral music, went though numerous changes before the composer was satisfied with it. The Messiah, written in 1741 and ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Dec. 24, 2025. Find that audio here. Host Scott Tong gets the behind-the-scenes story of the creation of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” with ...

For Mark Shapiro, 20 years as artistic director of the Monmouth Civic Chorus also means two decades of holiday concerts — many of them including full or partial performances of Handel’s "Messiah." ...

Messiah, the most famous oratorio ever written, is quite unlike Handel's other ones, let alone those by most earlier and later composers. A German who initially made his fame writing Italian operas ...

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