How I missed that!
Oct. 7th, 2004 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dream_labyrinthI went to choir rehearsal for the first time since we did the Mahler symphony. Must have been months ago.
They are currently working on two new pieces, one written in 1944, the other in 1945.
I like the one by Mauersperger, Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst. The other one, an oratory by Frank Martin, I'm not sure about yet. Has some weirdness in it.
As you can judge from the time they were written in, they both aren't particularly happy things.
Actually, I had tears in my eyes while singing. I kept seeing pictures of Dresden after the bombing. The texts used are from the Bible, but city that lies wasted can be any city after any way, Jerusalem after the Babylonians came or Dresden in 1945, or maybe Bagdad in 2004.
I enjoyed the mere act of singing very much. Of course, I have sung along with songs I listened to all the time, but it isn't the same as singing in a choir, being part of a group of people trying to convey a certain feeling to the listener just by the music. It is a beautiful and great feeling. And if anybody believes music doesn't have power, singing in a choir can convince them of the opposite, I'm sure.
They are currently working on two new pieces, one written in 1944, the other in 1945.
I like the one by Mauersperger, Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst. The other one, an oratory by Frank Martin, I'm not sure about yet. Has some weirdness in it.
As you can judge from the time they were written in, they both aren't particularly happy things.
Actually, I had tears in my eyes while singing. I kept seeing pictures of Dresden after the bombing. The texts used are from the Bible, but city that lies wasted can be any city after any way, Jerusalem after the Babylonians came or Dresden in 1945, or maybe Bagdad in 2004.
I enjoyed the mere act of singing very much. Of course, I have sung along with songs I listened to all the time, but it isn't the same as singing in a choir, being part of a group of people trying to convey a certain feeling to the listener just by the music. It is a beautiful and great feeling. And if anybody believes music doesn't have power, singing in a choir can convince them of the opposite, I'm sure.
