the night before lat pam and i went to see handel's messiah (remixed by mozart) performed by the toronto symphony orchestra and the mendelson choir. i think mendelson is actually spelled differently, but, truth be told, you are lucky that the spelling is even as close as it is because the few times i thought of it during or before the performance i kept calling them the mendelev choir (mendelev is also a dead white european, however he was famous for his brilliant envisioning of the periodic table's structure). i just looked it up - mendelssohn.

anyhow, it was awesome, you should go next year (or tonight, if you live in toronto and can still get tickets). it really was fantastic. i didn't really know much about it before i attended, but it is pretty much scripture about the messiah (old testament, gospels, epistles, revelation) sung by a choir with an orchestra backing and a few standout soloists. anyway, it was amazing. if you go to the wikipedia entry on handel's messiah you can download a version (any part) done by MIT's choir (and let me tell you, those nerds can sing!). They are in ogg format, so you may need to download a codec. In particular, check out number 12 (for unto us a child is given) and number 44 (hallelujah). remember to stand. : - ).