Music makes much to herald the Christmas season

By MPP  Toby Barrett

My first morning of December this year was memorable. My wife Cari woke me up, at full volume, to “The Little Drummer Boy” – a recent music video by evangelical rock group For King & Country.

This exuberant twist on the classic “Drummer Boy” arrived hard on the heels of my late evening with Handel’s “Messiah”, presented at Port Dover’s Old Town Hall by Ron Beckett’s orchestral ensemble Arcady. Even 278 years later, “Messiah” still sounds wondrous. (I wonder if any hits of today will still sound that good that far into the future.)