The New York Times

Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Two performances, at Trinity Church Wall Street and the New York Philharmonic, were similar yet showed how beauty emerges in ...
Rutland Herald

George Frederic Handel’s ‘Messiah’: Vermont Philharmonic and Grace Church celebrate with different flavors

George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” has been a Christmas tradition throughout the world as long as most can remember, despite originally an Easter work. And Vermont is no exception, with longtime ...
The New York Times

Two Men Wrote ‘Messiah.’ You Know One of Them.

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 Conversation

Handel’s ‘Messiah’ today: How classical music is contending with its colonial past and present

No work of western classical music is more closely associated with the Christmas season than German-born composer George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, which premiered in 1742. This was in the wake of ...