Signs of Autumn (my favorite season,) are not
only in the air, but also floating through the air and drifting to the ground.
Since I no longer have a “first day of school”
every September, the big autumnal event is the reconvening of our choir after
our summer vacation. It’s
wonderful to see everyone again, but most wonderful of all is the music!
Sometimes when one practices the pieces all
alone at home, they can be pretty blech!
Odd intervals, difficult rhythms – and often the one alto part just doesn’t
make musical sense or sound very beautiful. Then when we all practice together, the real music unfolds. Our motet for Sunday looked
challenging on the page, and I was suitably intimidated. However, when we all sang it on
Thursday evening with the piano as accompaniment, it seemed very nice, and nice
even when I reviewed it by myself.
But at the rehearsal this morning, with the real accompaniment (or most
of it,) it was a astonishing! The music ranges from the gentlest whisper to the
thunderous outpouring of our prayer for peace. The Saint James Mass for Peace,
sung to commemorate the tragic events of ten years ago, will be very fitting,
and a very moving tribute to those
lost on that day.
3 comments:
Lets be sure and get in some nice fall photo walks... :-)
Very well written. I agree with all your comments about the music .
It was a very moving experience. I had quite a few people comment and I'm sure we'll hear more this week.
About the leaves. I'm not quite ready for the trees to be bare. I want to see the color on the trees first.
I had to read this again as I had forgotten your comments about home practice...you fantastic chorister.
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