The soundtrack of my youth is classical music. I was classically trained on the piano from ago four through high school. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt, Rachmaninoff—these were my rock stars. And at the center of my well-worn playlist was Handel’s Messiah. The “Which is the greatest work of classical music ever composed?” debate will never be settled, but I guarantee that, after six-and-a-half decades of immersion in the classical canon, Messiah is my favorite. I know every measure of... Read more