Music: Just as you can’t escape the Nutcracker at dance concerts at this time of year, you’re not going to be able to get through the season with encountering part of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, an oratorio written originally for a children’s hospital benefit in Dublin for Easter in 1742. It was a great success, and has been a regular feature of concert programs ever … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Dec. 16-18
Music: George Frideric Handel premiered his oratorio Messiah in April of 1742 in Dublin, where it was put on for a hospital benefit. It was an Easter piece, but over the years it’s become an indelible part of Christmas in the English-speaking world. There are several places this weekend to get your Messiah fix, with performances tonight at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in … [Read more...]