Duel Requiem
Apr. 9th, 2006 08:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrThere was a concert at my church this afternoon, put on by the Masterworks Chorale of Augsburg, presenting the John Rutter Requiem and the Gabriel Faure Requiem. I had missed the part of the announcement in church this morning that mentioned the ticket price. When I got there and discovered, unexpectedly, that I had to shell out $12, I balked at that, since the budget is so abominably tight, but I did want to hear the concert. So (*blushes*) I snuck upstairs to the former choir loft, above the sanctuary. Since the construction to add a narthex, this choir loft had been walled off and is no longer in use, other than as a storage area, so I could not see the musicians, but I could still hear pretty well. The first half was the Rutter. I had no program, but I knew the words. During my stints in various choirs as a first soprano, I have sung a number of Requiems (the Mozart, the Poulenc, one by Bach, etc.).
After the intermission, I went downstairs and sat in the sanctuary for the Faure portion of the program, and so was able to see the musicians. I have sung portions of the Faure and in fact had considerable difficulty in preventing myself in subvocalizing and thus annoying my neighbors. The Sanctus, in particular: we sang that on several occasions, once during the St. Olaf Christmas concert. I felt the hairs rise up on the back of my neck as the french horns came in, followed by the tenors in glad exultation: "Hosanna in excelsis deo," the prayer repeated by the first sopranoe, "in excelsis deo," the notes wafting up, sweetening, floating in pure ethereal pianissimo . . ." Mmm, mmm, mmm. Lovely.
I loved the guest soprano's solo next, Pia Jesu. Both the baritone and the soprano soloists did a wonderful job.
I really do miss singing in a very good choir.
Kij called me just after the concert ended. I hadn't realized that my cell phone was on. Oops. Thank heavens she didn't call me during the concert itself. *facepalms*
After the intermission, I went downstairs and sat in the sanctuary for the Faure portion of the program, and so was able to see the musicians. I have sung portions of the Faure and in fact had considerable difficulty in preventing myself in subvocalizing and thus annoying my neighbors. The Sanctus, in particular: we sang that on several occasions, once during the St. Olaf Christmas concert. I felt the hairs rise up on the back of my neck as the french horns came in, followed by the tenors in glad exultation: "Hosanna in excelsis deo," the prayer repeated by the first sopranoe, "in excelsis deo," the notes wafting up, sweetening, floating in pure ethereal pianissimo . . ." Mmm, mmm, mmm. Lovely.
I loved the guest soprano's solo next, Pia Jesu. Both the baritone and the soprano soloists did a wonderful job.
I really do miss singing in a very good choir.
Kij called me just after the concert ended. I hadn't realized that my cell phone was on. Oops. Thank heavens she didn't call me during the concert itself. *facepalms*
