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Brian Gibson’s first encounter with G. F. Handel’s oratorio, “The Messiah,” was in 1963, when he sang in the chorus as a boy soprano in a local performance. Since then, he has participated in ...

♪ Gareth Malone: Written in 1741 in London, Handel's "Messiah" has been performed here at the Royal Albert Hall more than 500 times. It's a firm favorite at this time of year, and it's regularly ...

Enjoy The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's performance of Handel's Messiah. For generations, Handel's Messiah has been one of classical music's greatest holiday traditions. Enjoy The St. Paul Chamber ...

Meet the unlikely characters who defined this musical classic. Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and soaring ...

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 ...

Among the pedestaled titans of Western music, George Frideric Handel was the first composer whose work not only quickly became celebrated in his own time but has been heralded ever since. Before ...

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, is as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...