MADISON, Alabama - The second in the Music at Messiah 2013-2014 concert series will take place on Feb. 16 at 4 p.m., with Gary Parks on oboe and Ingrid von Spakovsky on piano.

Reasons for the Messiah’s enduring power are manifold, though certainly they begin with the music itself, which manages to join the lofty and the populist, as does all of Handel’s work.

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