George Handel (1685-1759) is dear to us in Ireland primarily because what is now his most famous work, the oratorio Messiah, was first performed at a theatre in Fishamble Street in 1742. Messiah was ...

Although Handel's Messiah has become synonymous with charity, it's the music that really matters How Handel's Messiah helped London's orphans – and vice versa Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah, is one of ...

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Handel’s Messiah. We find it here, today, in our Advent Calendar. Messiah is unavoidable at Christmas, and there’s so much to choose from in Handel’s great work ...

(6) Concerti grossi, Movements: No 4, F Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Trumpet Anna Szałucka, Piano Giove in Argo, Movements: Nel passar da un laccio all’altro Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Trumpet Anna ...

With the revival of historically informed baroque performance in the last 40 years, a view emerged that monster performances of Handel's Messiah were a Victorian anachronism. In fact, they were alive ...