I am hearing Handel's The Messiah this evening, Dear Readers, as performed by the Pasadena Symphony and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. The big news is that the performance is at the Ambassador Auditorium, in my home town of Pasadena, California. This is a hall that, it is said, has absolutely marvelous accoustics. It served as a very popular concert venue for all the top names in classical music and pop music from about 1984 to 1994, at which time it was closed to the public when it was acquired by the Worldwide Church of God. The hall changed hands recently (a different church now owns it) and this Messiah performance is the first of several musical events that have been announced to be held there.