Ralph Allwood in rehearsal with the Trinity Laban Choir

Rumour has it that George Frideric Handel wrote the legendary Dixit Dominus is his 20s, three centuries ago, while travelling in Italy, and specifically for the singers he found there. Decorated composer and conductor Ralph Allwood thinks that's what's going to win over Mumbaikars tomorrow, when he and the Trinity Laban Choir perform at the NCPA. The music maestro says he got into chapel music because he felt that all of the best choral music was written for use by the church and that "the lovely music combined with the beauty of the buildings" made it irresistible for him.