One hundred years earlier, Charles Wesley had suggested that his own hymn text “Hark, how all the welkin ... put Wesley’s text with Mendelssohn’s music, and created one of the most joyful ...

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Altoona Horseshoe Chorus music director Joe Malafarina ... a classic Christmas tune like “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” or “Can You Feel the Love Tonight ...