Some Chicagoans came to appreciate “Messiah” as a piece of music with appeal that extended beyond its Christian themes.

Sunlight streamed through the window as the Hallelujah chorus of Handel’s Messiah filled our little kitchen nook. The children gathered around my husband as held up the word “Alleluia” scrawled out on ...

The lighting of Advent wreath candles is a cherished Christian tradition. Each candle represents a different value with the ...

Grant Gershon conducts the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Rachmaninoff's "All Night Vigil," in which Hallelujah takes on an intimate, mystical quality. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) It ...

Over half (56%) of 18- to 24-year-olds now identify with a religion, according to 2023-2024 Pew data, which is down ...

Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is one of the most-covered songs in the world, but it took a few different people to make it that way. Do you remember the first time you heard “Hallelujah?” Was it in ...

No song exists strictly within the milieu that the songwriter imagined for it. The magic of music is in the silent, but very real, interaction between the artist and the audience members, who are free ...

Leonard Cohen was a famous Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet born in 1934 in Montreal. He loved writing from a young age and started with poetry before becoming a musician. His songs are known for ...

One of the most dramatic moments in the celebration of the Easter Vigil occurs just before the proclamation of the Gospel. The Alleluia, silent for more than six weeks, is solemnly intoned three times ...

"Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia" rang out eight times, spoken Tuesday by more than 400 voices in the gym at Erie's St. Luke School. Then the "Alleluia" was heard no more, not to be spoken or sung again ...

It begins with the violins — orderly and baroque. The choir rises. The audience rises. And before you know it, the concert hall, church, rec center or school auditorium fills with the triumphant sound ...