Massive May
Enjoy the ethereal beauty of Vaughan Williams' celebrated Mass in G minor, the effortless counterpoint in Byrd's Mass for Four Voices, and the sombre and haunting sounds of Howells' Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing (written to honour the memory of John F. Kennedy) and Tallis' Lamentations of Jeremiah.
May 24th
Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor
Howells Take him, Earth, for cherishing
Byrd Mass for four voices
Tallis Lamentations of Jeremiah
Location dunno yet... Haha, but it's going to be a great concert! =D We already started rehearsing Tallis and Vaughan Williams, and I absolutely adore both of those pieces. As for Byrd, it's also reeeally beautiful but I don't know about Howells.
In Uni's computer lab now and I want to crap.
Showing posts with label Choir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Choir. Show all posts
Friday, 7 March 2008
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Whatever
Missed the early briefing for Music Technology! I totally forgot about it. So I had to do it with the second years. It was pretty cool though. The aural test went well I think.
First practice for Choral Society today. It was pretty cool, here are some pics.
First practice for Choral Society today. It was pretty cool, here are some pics.
Before Choir Practice
At the German Club after rehearsalMonday, 18 February 2008
Last Day on Hillsong United Choir
Was the last time in choir in Sydney before I had to go to Adelaide (on Wednesday). It was amazing as usual but the number of the people in the choir has swollen up into a good number! =D I'll prolly go to Paradise Church in Adelaide.
Here are some photos we took.
Selina, Colin and I
Carol, Me and Emily
Me and Kudzi
Here are some photos we took.
Selina, Colin and I
Carol, Me and Emily
Me and Kudzi
I'm certainly going to miss each and every single one of them. But I am also very excited to go to Adelaide!
Monday, 3 December 2007
Been a while
Been a while since I last updated, well a few days at least. The truth is, because I was too busy. So I will talk about the things that happened since 30th Nov.
30th Nov. Well the silly piano trio is performed again, this time in Taylors high school graduation. Dickson, Derrick and I had to go back to Taylors on that day to do the pieces. Since they had the party at Dennis' the night before, they were too so sleepy. I went back home so it was ok, they, on the other hand, slept at 7-ish and had to wake up at like 10. Derrick looked like he would die at any time soon. Anyway, the three of us played well and it was well received (with lots of shouts and laughters). After that, we went down to see Mario's car. It was cool! Ford and it's a proper racing car! Maan, and he is gonna get a racing license!
Anyway, at night, Joel, his bro, Edward and I went to watch MCR concert. I, being too smart, saw the door which said no cameras allowed etc., so I told them not to bring cameras. ARGH, you can! So no good photos at all of me in my first rock concert. Oh well, but it was awesome! Except for the fact that my ears and eyes were totally damaged.
So anyway, Yenny added me on MSN at night (maybe it was Saturday night) when I was supposed to practice for my DipABRSM exam on Monday (today) and write the programme notes. And she gave me even more work: compose an invention for the piano for a TV thing. I am not even sure, she said it's the scene where two guys talk in a lounge and a classical pianist just comes in and play invention in Bach style... Why invention? I don't know. So, due to the heavy DipABRSM load, I postponed the composition.
The next day, Sunday, is the concert day! Messiah, at Town Hall. Undeniably, it was not as good as the one in the Opera House would be, but it was awesome! It was fun and especially the Hallelujah Chorus! The audiences stood up. I was enjoying myself singing the Bass part as well as meaning what I sing and worshipping God. It was just so nice! And I played the organ during rehearsal break! w00t w00t! I tried the pipe organ! Now, that made me want to learn it!
At night, I skipped church again... Sigh, I felt so bad! But I had to to finish writing my programme notes and to.... guess what? Learn a piece, I mean, a totally new piece, for my 4th piece. I choosed Rachmaninoff's Elegy (Op.3 No.1). I was so frustrated especially because despite the fact I tried to tell Cindy, Melvin and Susan that I need to practice this piece, the still gossiped so loud at the back. Laughing in the middle of an Elegy, not cool! Especially the silence part after the climax (where there is a slight silence), Melvin shouted, "What? Incest!?" And it was recorded... How annoying. But I managed to play through the Elegy, it was only later on I try to interpret it nicely.
Monday, which is today! My DipABRSM exam! Queenie and I met at Circular Quay and went to the con together. The purpose: borrow books for the exam. Yes, indeed, very last minute and disorganised. That is us! Especially me. But we found the books that we needed quickly, especially me because I already looked for the call numbers at home. After that, we marched to scaffold: St. Laurence Arts Centre, where our examination took place. The examiner was young, and she was very friendly albeit examiner-like. Queenie did her's well, and I didn't do mine as well as her. Oh well, that's for not practicing but at least I could play through it better than I thought I would.
After that we went to eat, I was planning to go for capoeira so I went back home at 4:20. But by the time I arrived it was over 5 pm and it would be too late to go there. So I decided to compose Yenny's stuff. And I did. And I recorded it too. But it was unsuitable for the scene. So I don't care anymore.
Anyway, what a long blog today, I wonder who would even be bothered to read it.
30th Nov. Well the silly piano trio is performed again, this time in Taylors high school graduation. Dickson, Derrick and I had to go back to Taylors on that day to do the pieces. Since they had the party at Dennis' the night before, they were too so sleepy. I went back home so it was ok, they, on the other hand, slept at 7-ish and had to wake up at like 10. Derrick looked like he would die at any time soon. Anyway, the three of us played well and it was well received (with lots of shouts and laughters). After that, we went down to see Mario's car. It was cool! Ford and it's a proper racing car! Maan, and he is gonna get a racing license!
Anyway, at night, Joel, his bro, Edward and I went to watch MCR concert. I, being too smart, saw the door which said no cameras allowed etc., so I told them not to bring cameras. ARGH, you can! So no good photos at all of me in my first rock concert. Oh well, but it was awesome! Except for the fact that my ears and eyes were totally damaged.
So anyway, Yenny added me on MSN at night (maybe it was Saturday night) when I was supposed to practice for my DipABRSM exam on Monday (today) and write the programme notes. And she gave me even more work: compose an invention for the piano for a TV thing. I am not even sure, she said it's the scene where two guys talk in a lounge and a classical pianist just comes in and play invention in Bach style... Why invention? I don't know. So, due to the heavy DipABRSM load, I postponed the composition.
The next day, Sunday, is the concert day! Messiah, at Town Hall. Undeniably, it was not as good as the one in the Opera House would be, but it was awesome! It was fun and especially the Hallelujah Chorus! The audiences stood up. I was enjoying myself singing the Bass part as well as meaning what I sing and worshipping God. It was just so nice! And I played the organ during rehearsal break! w00t w00t! I tried the pipe organ! Now, that made me want to learn it!
At night, I skipped church again... Sigh, I felt so bad! But I had to to finish writing my programme notes and to.... guess what? Learn a piece, I mean, a totally new piece, for my 4th piece. I choosed Rachmaninoff's Elegy (Op.3 No.1). I was so frustrated especially because despite the fact I tried to tell Cindy, Melvin and Susan that I need to practice this piece, the still gossiped so loud at the back. Laughing in the middle of an Elegy, not cool! Especially the silence part after the climax (where there is a slight silence), Melvin shouted, "What? Incest!?" And it was recorded... How annoying. But I managed to play through the Elegy, it was only later on I try to interpret it nicely.
Monday, which is today! My DipABRSM exam! Queenie and I met at Circular Quay and went to the con together. The purpose: borrow books for the exam. Yes, indeed, very last minute and disorganised. That is us! Especially me. But we found the books that we needed quickly, especially me because I already looked for the call numbers at home. After that, we marched to scaffold: St. Laurence Arts Centre, where our examination took place. The examiner was young, and she was very friendly albeit examiner-like. Queenie did her's well, and I didn't do mine as well as her. Oh well, that's for not practicing but at least I could play through it better than I thought I would.
After that we went to eat, I was planning to go for capoeira so I went back home at 4:20. But by the time I arrived it was over 5 pm and it would be too late to go there. So I decided to compose Yenny's stuff. And I did. And I recorded it too. But it was unsuitable for the scene. So I don't care anymore.
Anyway, what a long blog today, I wonder who would even be bothered to read it.
Monday, 26 November 2007
Messiah Chorus Practice
After the going-to-the-beach incident, I went to choir practice. The choir seemed so unusually extra draggy all the time tonight. It's almost like the accompanist and the conductor was beating a few millisecond before us (well of course due to the fact that we are slow).
Well, the usual stuff happened, we practiced the whole thing and it ended gorgeously at the Amen Fugue. Oh how I love the music! So, next practice on Saturday will be at Shore School together with everyone! All the massed choir, I think there are two more venues till today, so it should be a lot of people!
I am not exactly excited or looking forward to tomorrow's piano practical. I haven't practiced at all and it is going to be a miracle if I can pull through it without a mess. But I am expecting a miracle! *wishful thinking* And I'm going to thank God for that first! Haha.
Cooking for lunch tomorrow. Should be good, hopefully it's not uncooked.
ST
Well, the usual stuff happened, we practiced the whole thing and it ended gorgeously at the Amen Fugue. Oh how I love the music! So, next practice on Saturday will be at Shore School together with everyone! All the massed choir, I think there are two more venues till today, so it should be a lot of people!
I am not exactly excited or looking forward to tomorrow's piano practical. I haven't practiced at all and it is going to be a miracle if I can pull through it without a mess. But I am expecting a miracle! *wishful thinking* And I'm going to thank God for that first! Haha.
Cooking for lunch tomorrow. Should be good, hopefully it's not uncooked.
ST
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