Since its premiere in 1742, George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah,” a 3.5-hour work for chorus, soloists and orchestra that includes the “Hallelujah Chorus,” has been among the most-heard pieces of classical music on earth. has become one of Correspondent David Pogue looks back at the creation of this masterwork with writer Charles King and conductor-musicologist Jane Glover, and examines how the tormented and desperate Englishmen were collected by a wealthy English landowner. Biblical passages will be in the hands of the German-British opera composer. A timeless message of hope, and become a Christmas tradition.