[Savage Beast]

Messiah is certainly one of humanity's greatest achievements. There are many. The Orestaia, the Bhagavad Gita, the dramas of Sophocles and Euripides and Shakespeare, the entire works of Western music from the Renaissance to today come immediately to mind. There's nothing wrong with pop songs, but for me, nothing is more magnificent, nothing lifts me higher into the realms of angels and the possibilities of human achievement more than fine art and the finest that people have already so far achieved. Pop tunes are okay for the grocery store, but when I get home I want Messiah or something of that quality.

[healy61]

I joined a chorus in high school for the presentation of Messiah, and can still sing my bass line after 50 years. I recall the Halleluiah Chorus also performed in a high school assembly. Mrs. Trebelcock stood, and we took her cue, learning a lesson that day. Teachers taught a lot.