It’s funny: somehow, we’re not nervous about this concert. 3 hours from now we have a rehearsal – the first with the orchestra instead of a piano accompanist – and … well, we’re fine with that. This choir is radically different from the University choir, in that everybody treats performances as … well, just what we do. With 5 to 8 performances a year, the idea of performing isn’t something which looms large in everybody’s mind, and they just … well, sing. It’s a refreshing change, really.
We have two little recording devices that we’re going to use to try to get a decent recording (shh! don’t tell the musicians, who expect to be paid more if they’re recorded!). Hopefully at least one of them will be worth listening to, although since we’re singing in Paisley Abbey the recording might be a bit odd, acoustically. We’ll be going down early to take some photos of the abbey, too – after all, how often do you get the chance to sing in a building which was built in 1163!?
-D & T
Break a leg! Wish I could be seated in the audience for this glorious music!
Have a fun time!
Paz