Why Handel's ‘Messiah' at Grace Cathedral feels new every Christmas

With performances of Handel's "Messiah" as common as mistletoe around the Bay Area each year, fans of the beloved sacred ...

Labadie leads fresh-sounding performance of Messiah with Cleveland Orchestra, Chorus and solo quartet

CLEVELAND, Ohio – On Thursday evening at Severance Music Center, guest conductor Bernard Labadie did far more than just hold ...

Bernard Labadie leads Cleveland Orchestra in Handel’s ‘Messiah’

This won't sound like your old LP recording of Handel's masterwork. His version, across both orchestra and chorus, will ...
berkeleydailyplanet

Handel’s MESSIAH at Grace Cathedral

Handel’s Messiah, that old chestnut (roasting on an open fire), has been performed in Grace Cathedral every Christmas season for the last 15 years by American Bach Soloists under the direction of ...
berkeleydailyplanet

Handel’s MESSIAH by American Bach Soloists in Grace Cathedral

In this their 30 th season, American Bach Soloists performed Handel’s Messiah for the 21st consecutive year in San Francisco’s inspiring Grace Cathedral. Along with the American Bach Choir, American ...
Rutland Herald

Handel’s ‘Messiah’: Why is an Easter masterpiece performed for Christmas?

“Messiah,” George Frederic Handel’s great oratorio, has become a ubiquitous part of Christmas celebrations worldwide — and yet it was written for Easter. Only the first third of “Messiah” is about the ...
Rutland Herald

George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah”: ‘It’s a wonderful, wonderful piece of music’

Last summer, Alastair Stout and Grace Church’s Rutland Area Chorus were on tour when they came about as close to Handel’s “Messiah” — physically — as anyone can. “We were in Ireland with the choir, ...