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 ...

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 ...

“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly Host praising God” and singing Handel’s Messiah. Though cynics may snarl “But who may abide the day of His coming?” they will be a ...