The air "Rejoice" in Handel's Messiah is a jig. No wonder this oratorio had to have its first performance in Dublin. The heavy-handed editors of the Victorian era must have realised a gig was far too much fun for their gloomy mock-Gothic churches and town halls, 'cos they turned it into a solemn 4/4.

Sorcha, my eight-year-old daughter was reading over my shoulder and says hello. She happens to be called Sorcha.