Listening to Messiah in September.

Tuesday evening, Hope had sectional rehearsals for Philharmonic Chorus. Last Saturday, the chorus and the FWPhil and some traveling musicians sang the music of Queen. Tuesday, they were working on Handel’s Messiah.

And at the moment, I’m listening to side two of my three vinyl disk recording, released in the 70s of a performance in the 1950s.

I usually need quiet for writing, but there are a handful of classical pieces I can listen to. I’ve listened so much that the novelty has worn of...