Regardless of where you live, the odds are good that, during the Christmas season, someone is performing Handel’s Messiah in your area. If you’ve never seen a performance of this masterful oratorio, ...

George Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, 1736. George Frideric Handel’s (1685–1759) “Messiah” is among the most recognized songs on earth, and is familiar to almost every nationality on earth.

I love the amorous mayhem of Handel’s operas, but have always had my doubts about his oratorios, especially the Messiah. First there’s the bossy compulsion to stand during the “Hallelujah” chorus, ...

Its composer, George Frideric Handel, was born in 1685 in what is now Germany. Although his family discouraged him from a musical career, his astonishing natural talent proved unstoppable. Acquiring a ...

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 ...

Crossway editor Justin Taylor interviews Calvin Stappert on his new book about Handel’s Messiah. Did you know Handel was a Lutheran? Did you know he intended his oratorio to be a work of Christian ...

Kurt Ullrich lives in rural Jackson County. I’ve been immersed in one of my all-time favorite pieces of music, George Frideric Handel’s magnificent “Messiah.” It all began on a Tuesday when I was ...

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 ...