As I’ve mentioned in some of the earlier blog posts, I was involved in the Commemorative Concert for the five-hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation at Christ the King Cathedral. The choir I was in sang Faure’s Requiem – one of my favorite pieces of music by one of my favorite composers.
Our rehearsals were three hours long on Sunday afternoons for about two months or so. Whenever I mentioned them to someone else, either in the choir or not, they would groan and tell me they felt sorry for me. But I never wanted those rehearsals to end. The director, Tony Arnold, would discuss the composition in a way that my other choirs just don’t have time to do. I was fascinated by the music. Mr. Arnold would tell us that rehearsal was over and I would be so surprised because the three hours had just flown by.
When I want to learn more, I join more high-level choirs or look up information about classical music. I also listen to Faure’s other music as well through YouTube and Spotify.
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