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'Too Hot to Handel: Gospel Messiah' Brings a Jazzy Twist to Holiday Staple in St. Louis and Chicago

Just about every major orchestra in the U.S. presents Handel's "Messiah" during the holiday season, with some even opting for the do-it-yourself version. But for those ensembles and audiences craving a little variety, there is "Too Hot to Handel: A Gospel Messiah."

By Louise Burton

READ: South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo Reacts to Nelson Mandela Death

Madiba left us today, age 95, after a long battle with a liver infection. A key anti-apartheid fighter, Mandela spent 27 years in prison before becoming South Africa's first black president. Read the words of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who joined Mandela in Norway to accept his Nobel Peace Prize and sing on behalf of Africa.
By Maria Jean Sullivan
BREAKING: Simón Bolívar Horn Player Luis Castro, Kidnapped in Venezuela, Freed in a Police Raid

According to Venezuelan news outlet Últimas Noticias, musician Luis Castro--kidnapped on Monday in Venezuela--was freed in a police raid last night.
By Louise Burton

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'Too Hot to Handel: Gospel Messiah' Brings a Jazzy Twist to Holiday Staple in St. Louis and Chicago

READ: South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo Reacts to Nelson Mandela Death

BREAKING: Simón Bolívar Horn Player Luis Castro, Kidnapped in Venezuela, Freed in a Police Raid

MEME ALERT: Joyce DiDonato, Susan Graham Show Us How to Be a "MezzoSexual"

Wagner @ 200: Stephen Langridge's 'Parsifal' at Royal Opera House Transcends Both Hitler and Nietzsche

Dr. Michael Tilson Thomas Replaces Coughing Yannick Nézet-Séguin for Philadelphia Orchestra Gig at Carnegie Hall

Classicalite's Five Best: More Musicians on 'Sesame Street'

Quickies: Jackie Evancho on Queen Latifah, ASCAP Jazz Honors, Metro North Derailment Kills NYC Chorus, 20 Years of Parterre Box, 'CATS' Movie

Riccardo Muti to Conduct the 2013 Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm

Isaac Mizrahi's Fashionable ‘Peter and the Wolf' Debuts at the Guggenheim with Juilliard Ensemble

Russian-British Pianist Evgeny Kissin, Backed by Natan Sharansky, Becoming Israeli Citizen

Classicalite's Top 10 of 2013: Ross Smirnoff on Visual Art

Radiohead Guitarist Jonny Greenwood to Debut New Classical Work, 'Water,' for Australian Chamber Orchestra

Classicalite Recording News: Sony Releasing Vienna Philharmonic (with Daniel Barenboim) New Year’s Day Concert 2014

Classicalite’s Five Best: Musical Silences

Minnesota Opera's 'Silent Night,' About World War I Christmas Eve Truce, Broadcasting Nationwide on PBS

Quickies: Baltimore Symphony Play Ravens Game, Frank Gehry Gets Gustavo Dudamel, 'Treme' Jazz, Sondheim Puzzle, Operatic Hemorrhoids

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to Present Bach’s Complete Brandenburg Concerti in Chicago