Monday, Feb. 09 - Jacksonville, FL
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klsiegel320I figure since the last entry in now about two or three weeks old, it was time to say something new. I wish there were more that's new to say, but really things are just grinding along as usual, for the most part.
Don came to visit over Super Bowl weekend; I wish I could say we went out and painted the town, but in truth, we spent a large portion of the weekend napping! We did have lunch with a friend of the family, and watched the game, of course. We are among the millions (I'm guessing) who must have been looking somewhere else during the three-second peepshow, so we really didn't know what all the fuss was about.
This past weekend was therefore another weekend here (Don's visit here was in lieu of a trip home). I intended to accomplish much more than I actually did, but had a good time anyway. Saturday I mostly read, caught up on correspondence, and ran errands. Sunday I went to church again at All Saints - wonderful welcoming place!
Sunday afternoon I went to a concert at the Times-Union Center: St Olaf's Choir. Now, I had never heard of St. Olaf's Choir, except that I must have, somewhere, because when I saw the poster last week in the convenience store over by the cafeteria, it stopped me in my tracks. I checked out when this was, called up ticketmaster, and poof! ticket.
They were absolutely astonishing. They sang the entire 2.5 hour concert from memory - no music in sight, except in front of the instrumentalists. They sang in five languages (English, Latin, German, Spanish, and an untranslated Brazilian Indian language that the composer had treated simply as "phonemes"). They sang a Jubilate Deo by Orlando Lassus; they sang the Bach motet Lobet den herrn; they sang Robert Ray's Gospel Mass. And about a dozen other things besides - fast, slow, complex, modern harmony, ancient harmony, complex rhythm - and did justice to all of it. Amazing!
So I couldn't - just couldn't - get away with fewer than three CDs: one because it was perhaps the largest collection of Dawson's spirituals together in one place; one because it was a collection of hymns; and one because it included a Cantate Domino by David Conte - whose work I already know I like from last June's encounter with Invocation and Dance.
And that's the news from here in Lake...oh, sorry...wrong tag line.
Don came to visit over Super Bowl weekend; I wish I could say we went out and painted the town, but in truth, we spent a large portion of the weekend napping! We did have lunch with a friend of the family, and watched the game, of course. We are among the millions (I'm guessing) who must have been looking somewhere else during the three-second peepshow, so we really didn't know what all the fuss was about.
This past weekend was therefore another weekend here (Don's visit here was in lieu of a trip home). I intended to accomplish much more than I actually did, but had a good time anyway. Saturday I mostly read, caught up on correspondence, and ran errands. Sunday I went to church again at All Saints - wonderful welcoming place!
Sunday afternoon I went to a concert at the Times-Union Center: St Olaf's Choir. Now, I had never heard of St. Olaf's Choir, except that I must have, somewhere, because when I saw the poster last week in the convenience store over by the cafeteria, it stopped me in my tracks. I checked out when this was, called up ticketmaster, and poof! ticket.
They were absolutely astonishing. They sang the entire 2.5 hour concert from memory - no music in sight, except in front of the instrumentalists. They sang in five languages (English, Latin, German, Spanish, and an untranslated Brazilian Indian language that the composer had treated simply as "phonemes"). They sang a Jubilate Deo by Orlando Lassus; they sang the Bach motet Lobet den herrn; they sang Robert Ray's Gospel Mass. And about a dozen other things besides - fast, slow, complex, modern harmony, ancient harmony, complex rhythm - and did justice to all of it. Amazing!
So I couldn't - just couldn't - get away with fewer than three CDs: one because it was perhaps the largest collection of Dawson's spirituals together in one place; one because it was a collection of hymns; and one because it included a Cantate Domino by David Conte - whose work I already know I like from last June's encounter with Invocation and Dance.
And that's the news from here in Lake...oh, sorry...wrong tag line.
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Date: 2004-02-09 02:49 pm (UTC)Getting to hear the St. Olaf's choir! They're some of the best in the world... and Robert Ray's Gospel Mass!!! POUT!!! I LOVE that piece.
Would love to hear the Conte at some point too...
Hugs!
Re: lucky dog
Date: 2004-02-09 05:58 pm (UTC)Did I mention that they did the Lobet den herrn that a certain small chamber choir did once upon a time? And oh, man, did they do it! From memory. Almost had to bite through my tongue not to sing (at least the parts where I could have kept up).
And since I bought the CD with the Conte (pretty much for that reason although it turns out to have a gorgeous Latin-American setting of Psalm 150 as well, among other things) - you absolutely can hear it. Wonder if it has xylophones?
Re: lucky dog
Date: 2004-02-09 07:04 pm (UTC)That gorgeous latin-american setting of Psalm 150 wouldn't happen to be by Aguilar, would it?
If so, I'll trade you a copy of the Schola Bach/Vivaldi CD for a copy of this one!
Re: lucky dog
Date: 2004-02-10 01:02 pm (UTC)As a complete non-sequitur (well, maybe not complete), I believe that psalm specifically says "Praise him with timbrel and dance." So where on earth do the Baptists get the "no dancing" stuff? Geez, they're supposed to have the market cornered on "biblical authenticity." (Am I being too sarcastic for this early in the morning?)
Re: lucky dog
Date: 2004-02-10 02:30 pm (UTC)Want CD, please!!!
And yah, who knows where the Baptists get much of anything?
Back to paper writing.
Sounds wonderful
Date: 2004-02-09 10:46 pm (UTC)