Let the music play

[owlmoose]

I'm down at Stanford for chorus tonight. Our regular conductor is back, which is a relief on many levels. The major piece is Mendelssohn's 2nd Symphony, "Lobegesang" ("Song of Praise), which I have done before but don't remember very well, so it's almost been like learning it from scratch. Parts are pretty challenging, and I missed a week for Hawaii. But overall I feel pretty good about it. Concert is in two weeks.

What I'm really excited about is next quarter, in the Winter. Brahms "Ein Deutsches Requiem". In the Bing. Conducted by our regular director, which is particularly awesome because it's his favorite piece of music ever written (one of mine, too), and it really shows in the way he prepares it, and leads us in it. That starts in January, and I can't wait.

Comments

[fleurdeliser]

I haven't been in a choir since 2003 and gosh, I miss it sometimes. Sometimes the right concerts with everyone singing along scratch the itch a bit, but it's not quite the same.

[owlmoose]

I've taken off a quarter here and there for various reasons, usualy schedule related, but for the most part I've kept it up since junior high. There really is nothing quite like it.

That said, not long after I posted this I decided I was feeling too crappy to do rehearsal and bailed. It might just be too much stress on my broken finger bone right now. But we'll see. Either way I'm sure I'll be back by January!