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6 days ago | 
lawliberty.org | Charles King |Reema Jadeja-Reed |Theodore Dalrymple |Bruno Meyerhof Salama
Religious or agnostic, one would be hard-pressed to find an individual in the Anglosphere unfamiliar with George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Considered to be the greatest participatory work ever created, it is estimated that 13.7 million western classical compositions have been written since Messiah in 1741, yet it remains the most annually heard and sung work in the entire classical repertoire.
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Dec 25, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Charles King
Handel was born the son of a "barber surgeon" and a much younger wife in a territory that would later become Germany. After an itinerant musical apprenticeship in Italy, he arrived as an immigrant in London at the height of a craze for Italian opera. He had a genius for melody and the rare ability to make an audience truly feel what was happening onstage.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Hamilton Cain |Charles King
Nonfiction: “Every Valley” traces the history of the creation of Handel’s “Messiah.”December 11, 2024 at 3:00PMBaroque expert Jeanette Sorrell conducted Handel's "Messiah" at the SPCO. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)When I was a teenager in Tennessee during the 1980s, Christmas officially launched the day after Thanksgiving: holly wreaths hung on front doors, shoppers thronging local malls.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Charles King
George Frideric Handel, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 03:12 George Frideric Handel, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 02:00 George Frideric Handel, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 03:43 George Frideric Handel, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 01:14 George Frideric Handel, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 02:11 George Frideric Handel, Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée 01:16 George Frideric Handel, Jupiter, Thomas Dunford, Lea Desandre 05:52 George Frideric Handel, Renée Fleming, Orchestra of the...
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
literaryreview.co.uk | Charles King
Does anything ever truly happen in the Messiah? This extraordinarily popular tripartite choral work, first performed in Dublin in 1742, consists almost entirely of saying rather than of doing. Circling around the redemptive power of Christ, it combines declarations with questions, prophecies, injunctions and exhortations (‘Who is this King of Glory?’, ‘Behold, I tell you a Mystery’, ‘Daughter of Sion, shout’, ‘He shall speak’).
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Charles King
Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times that Made Handel's Messiah by Charles King If singing the Hallelujah chorus brings you to tears or if just hearing the opening chords of this beloved oratorio fills you with joy, you will love this book. The diverse stories that come together to produce the first production of the Messiah is mesmerizing.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Charles King
In 1950, the editors at Foreign Affairs asked the political theorist Isaiah Berlin to take the long view of his own moment. As a former child refugee from the Bolsheviks, biographer of Marx, and Jewish witness to the rise of Nazism, as well as the casual prejudices of an Oxford common room, Berlin knew firsthand the consequences of ideas in the world. His take, however, was unconventional.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
mensfashionmagazine.com | Charles King
Summer is here, and By Charles King (BCK) is thrilled to unveil its limited edition capsule collection for the season. This exclusive range is designed to keep you stylish and comfortable, whether you’re hitting the festivals, embarking on summer getaways, or simply hanging out in the park. The Summer Collection by BCK features standout pieces that epitomise effortless summer style:The Summer Vest: This vest boasts a boxy, oversized fit, crafted from a unique washed fabric.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
lovebscott.com | Charles King
Gayle King and Charles Barkley’s run hosting a talk show on CNN is coming to an end. via: THRThe CNN limited series televised its final episode last week, with co-hosts Charles Barkley and Gayle King signing off with thanks for staff and compliments for each other. “I will say this: I have loved working with you and something tells me Charles, this will not be the last time that we’re working together,” King said. “Call me Gayle,” Barkley replied.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
publicseminar.org | Albert Nguyen |Federico Finchelstein |Charles King |Zach Schwab
Image credits: Shutterstock / Janusz Pienkowski and Shutterstock / catwalkerAt the age of 26, I got my first tattoo. It’s a quote from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: the beautiful purple line puisque c’est ma rose, styled in my partner’s handwriting. Neither my partner nor I read the book until our undergrad years, so our appreciation for it is not, primarily, as children’s literature.
