BLUFFTON — Bluffton University, in conjunction with the University of Findlay, has announced that it will join together for the treasured holiday tradition of Handel’s Messiah. The performance this ...

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This year marks the 340th anniversary of Handel's birth and the 225th anniversary of First Baptist Church. First Baptist Church in Savannah will perform the Easter portion of "Messiah" on Palm Sunday, ...

There will also be a new two-part documentary as Gareth Malone stages his own performance of Messiah in the magnificent surroundings of Cardiff’s Llandaff Cathedral Handel’s Messiah was one of the ...

Dr. King is a professor at Georgetown and the author of “Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s ‘Messiah.’” When Charles Jennens, a wealthy art collector, first heard ...

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" ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

Since its premiere in 1742, George Frideric Handel's "Messiah," a 3.5-hour work for chorus, soloists and orchestra that includes the "Hallelujah Chorus," has become one of the most-heard pieces of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The story of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”—its composition, premier and gradual rise to worldwide popularity—has been told many times. Charles King’s innovation in “Every Valley” is to chronicle ...

As a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University, Charles King is more accustomed to writing and lecturing about global conflicts than sacred oratorios. Nonetheless, the ...

When Charles Jennens sent his friend George Frideric Handel a new libretto for him to set to music in summer 1741, he was at first met with a long silence. Winter was approaching by the time Jennens ...