Phoenix Symphony: Handel’s ‘Messiah’
New music director Tito Muñoz takes his first turn leading the orchestra and the Phoenix Symphony Chorus in annual performances of this oratorio about the life of Jesus by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. “HAAAAA-le-lu-jah!”
Details: 602-495-1999, phoenixsymphony.org.
•7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St. $29-$49.
•7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12. Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St. $25-$49.
•7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. Camelback Bible Church, 3900 E. Stanford Drive, Paradise Valley. $39.
•3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14. Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, 25150 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale. $49.
— Kerry Lengel