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 ...
“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 ...
Conductor Peter Whelan leads a finely judged and agile period-instrument performance with only 13 singers. Every year, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and their conductor Peter Whelan bring Messiah back ...
Alma Swensson was the prim, capable wife of a Lutheran schoolman in the little Swedish-American town of Lindsborg, Kans. (pop. 2,004). Alma Swensson loved Handel’s oratorio, The Messiah, decided that ...
For more than 2 1/2 centuries, choirs have sung the passionate story of Christ in celebration of not only his birth, but his death and resurrection as well. Once again, The Messiah Choral Society of ...
Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. Photo: Jenny Kane/AP/Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP/Jon Elswick/AP We wouldn’t ...
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