More commemorations, I see! … Will it do? Shall I go to town to hear it? What will be performed? I was astonished that "Tune yr. Harps" [from Handel’s Esther] was not admitted last time. There are Chorusses of Handel equally sublime, perhaps, but none that strike me as equally sublime & beautiful. It always appeared to me more angelic, heavenly -- more like my idea of the extemporary counterpoint of celestial spirits — than anything else of the kind.