164 BC: Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah Sacred Classics is always ...

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is a Jewish holiday celebrating the defeat of the Syrian Greeks who oppressed the religious freedom of Judaism and the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem ...

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People have been telling stories through music for centuries. During the Renaissance, the opera quickly spread through Europe and because of its popularity, another form of musical storytelling called ...

Just about any holiday season, you can hardly turn around without bumping into multiple performances of Handel’s “Messiah.” But there are more than a few other worthy Handel oratorios audiences don’t ...