ASPEN – Ray Adams, director and conductor of the Aspen Choral Society, is pleased to report that a big crop of first-timers turned out for the this year’s performances of Handel’s “Messiah.” Of the 80 ...

*This episode originally aired December 8, 2015. 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 ...

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 ...

Two hundred and eighty-four years is plenty of time for something to go out of style or be swept under the rug of history. But don’t tell that to George Frideric Handel, who composed a bit of musical ...

George Frideric Handel (at age 64 in 1749) produced works, including Messiah that dazzled even the musical titans who would succeed him. AGE Fotostock George Frideric Handel's Messiah was originally ...

The Arkansas Choral Society is gearing up for its 95th annual performance of George Frideric Handel's "Messiah," 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church, 5700 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. The ...

The perennial fame of Handel’s oratorio has inspired a host of contrasting approaches to text and performance. David Vickers mulls over the finest recordings Painting of George Frideric Handel from ...

The story of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”—its composition, premier and gradual rise to worldwide popularity—has been ...

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 ...