Georgetown professor Charles King tells the story in his book "Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah." ...

The story of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”—its composition, premier and gradual rise to worldwide popularity—has been told many times. Charles King’s innovation in “Every Valley” is to chronicle ...

EXCLUSIVE: Walden Media has hired Oscar, BAFTA and Tony Award-winning screenwriter and playwright Christopher Hampton to adapt Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s ...

John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created. By John Adams John Adams will ...

Join me in a tankard-raising toast to today’s release of my colorful new album, Handel’s Organ Banquet! Hailed along with his contemporary J. S. Bach as the greatest organist of his age, Handel left ...