Messiah GF Handel Medici Choir Brandenburg Sinfonia Conductor David Gostick Experience the soaring heights of the Hallelujah chorus, the drama of the Christmas story, contemplative arias and mighty choruses. It's all there in the classic masterpiece that is Handel's Messiah. Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter by Charles Jennens. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere a year later. The oratorio has become one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.