All sung out
Last night's Gombert concert went off well; despite being hard work it felt very satisfying. The Lassus Lamentations seemed to go nicely and, despite dropping a bit, the Gesualdo held together. It is extraordinary music and it was great to have another chance to sing these unique settings. It's a shame there weren't a few more people in the audience to appreciate it. We finished with a Miserere attributed to Palestrina which I thought a trifle boring, but which I'm reliably informed was very effective.
Then this morning it was Palm Sunday at St John's Southgate and we sang a little gem of a cantata, Himmelskönig, sie wilkommen with a tiny band of two violins (though the second only played for a couple of movements), recorder and continuo. CM from Gloriana sang a beautiful alto aria while JK provided effortless bottom Es in his aria. The tenor replacing Ben (who got a gig doing the Evangelist in NZ) was a late ring in and acquitted himself well.
From there it was off to Mum's; I don't think my torpid self was very engaging today, though she is much too polite to say so.
P&B seem to be wallowing in the culinary delights of la belle France, Vaucluse to be precise. Goodness, will they be able to fit into their plane seats to come home? I am, of course, jealous; but not with any justification as I have an equally interesting(?) trip looming later in the year.
Then this morning it was Palm Sunday at St John's Southgate and we sang a little gem of a cantata, Himmelskönig, sie wilkommen with a tiny band of two violins (though the second only played for a couple of movements), recorder and continuo. CM from Gloriana sang a beautiful alto aria while JK provided effortless bottom Es in his aria. The tenor replacing Ben (who got a gig doing the Evangelist in NZ) was a late ring in and acquitted himself well.
From there it was off to Mum's; I don't think my torpid self was very engaging today, though she is much too polite to say so.
P&B seem to be wallowing in the culinary delights of la belle France, Vaucluse to be precise. Goodness, will they be able to fit into their plane seats to come home? I am, of course, jealous; but not with any justification as I have an equally interesting(?) trip looming later in the year.
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See what happens when we are not there to amply swell the audience. Thanks for paying the electricity bill or whatever it was. All is going well. In Venasque we saw the house of Gail Kubik and American composer who lived there from 1963 to 1983. Have you every heard of him/her?
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