I’ve listened to Messiah since I was very young. My grandmother is very fond of baroque music, and has about a dozen different versions of Messiah, let alone any other pieces. Because I’ve listened to so many versions of it for so many years, I know a quite a bit about what the piece sounds like or at least what it should sound like. The instrumental backdrop of the piece is predominantly homophonic and is founded on the combination of smooth strings, gentle woodwinds, and strong brass in a elegant, precise-sounding melody at a brisk tempo. However when the various parts of the choral sections are added, it becomes a more technically complicated and sophisticated-sounding polyphonic mix of melodies and harmonies. Soloist’s pieces, however,
