Christmas
Listen as nine performers guide you through the emotional arc of Handel’s classic, from comfort to grief to jubilation. Source
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, spent months rehearsing for its Christmas Eve service, which is broadcast worldwide. Its hope was to perform it live. Source
At churches like St. James in Louisville, Ky., services this Christmas will not have in-person choirs or orchestras. But music directors are finding ways to persevere. Source
In the 19th century, a Christmas symphony became a flash point in the battle over the orchestra’s commitment to new American music. Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offered two latter-day alternatives to “Messiah” with performances of “El Niño” and “the little match girl passion.” Source
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge, will be directed for the last time by Stephen Cleobury and broadcast around the world. Source
Hear seasonal tracks from Wynton Marsalis, Lucius, Rae Sremmurd and others. Source
Charpentier is a specialty of the brilliant early-music group Ensemble Correspondances, which the series Music Before 1800 presented on Sunday. Source
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