Handel's Messiah at Christmas

Few works in Western music have proved as infinitely adaptable, resilient, and continually renewed as George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Written in just 24 days in the late summer of 1741, it remains one of the most extraordinary bursts of creativity in musical history.

Explore performances of this famous oratorio, performed on period instruments, in venues up and down the UK this holiday season - and read more about this cornerstone of the Baroque repertoire in Ash Khandekar's feature, The infinite variety of Handel's 'Messiah'.

(Photo: Sotheby's)