There's nothing like seeing it live

Join the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra under the expert guidance of Music and Artistic director Yannick Nzet-Sguin for their annual glorious recital of Handel's divine masterpiece.

This historic piece of music was composed by George Frideric Handel in the Baroque era of the mid-1700s. Nealy 300 years later it has gone on to become a Holiday classic performed each festive season at concert halls around the world. The composition, which is an oratorio, tells the story of the life of Jesus Christ through choruses sung by a choir, from the prophecies before his birth to his resurrection, and contains one of the most famous choruses in classical music - "Hallelujah".