A German Requiem

The choir I sing with, St George's Singers, had a singing day yesterday. We have one every year. Anyone who wanted could come along and spend a whole day learning Brahms' German Requiem from scratch, then give a performance in the evening with professional soloists and accompaniment in front of a paying audience.

Last year we did Orff's Carmina Burana, and both my sisters came to sing. This year only Stephanie could make it for the singing day, but Lindsey and her husband Andrew came to the performance. It was great fun as always, although it's not my favourite work, with long dull stretches between the moving or exciting bits. Sam came to the concert too, and sat with Lindsey and Andrew. He said he liked all of it, so he obviously didn't find it dull. Maybe it's just me.

See how the husbandman waiteth
for the precious fruit of the earth,
and hath long patience for it,
until he receive the early and latter rain.
So be ye patient.

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