Handel’s Messiah, an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, has become one of the best known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.

That “Messiah” was first performed in Dublin, where Handel had been invited to give a series of concerts in the winter of 1741-42—and not in London—is itself suggestive of a waning career.

Händel's "The Messiah," of which two Christmastide ... Except for Dr. Prout's new edition of the score, which the Oratorio Society was quick to adopt, there has been little to call forth new ...

George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” is Christmas bedrock. An otherworldly-inspired masterpiece, the oratorio is one of ... frenzy in the summer of 1741, though he continued to tweak it ...

We will soon be entering “Messiah” season — the time of year when musicians from amateur choirs to the finest orchestras and singers on the planet perform the over two-hour-long oratorio ...

Handel wrote his beloved oratorio Messiah in a three-week burst of intense activity during the fall of 1741. The first part of the oratorio foretells the Savior’s coming while the last part ...

Handel’s “Messiah” is performed every Christmas season around the world. Originally composed in 1741, the English-language oratorio, almost entirely made up of text from the King James Bible ...

In some cities “Messiah,” a 53-movement oratorio in three parts composed in 1741, is performed under ... It is of a piece, for example, with the 1986 edition of the Oxford Shakespeare, whose ...

Sep. 20—The Yuba Sutter Oratorio Society is currently accepting singers for the 85th annual performance of Handel's "Messiah." Organizers said all singers will be accepted, however auditions ...