Whee I've made all the choirbooks until Wednesday (that's 5 books, but one was already in order). Disassembling the books from the first half of this week and putting the stuff from that away so I (or hopefully my apprentice (1), who I put out a call for at the parish meeting) can find it next year was actually much more work. #ChurchChoir
(1) I'm currently the only person in the parish with the relevant skills. Very uncomfortable.
Saturday’s concert made local news! A very complimentary article, too. 😊 https://utrecht.nieuws.nl/kunstcultuur/overrompelend-concert-van-domcantorij-voor-vrouwendag
Choir concert yesterday, and today we sang one of the pieces in the morning service which is streamed. Magnificat by Chiara Maria Cozzolani. I had a little solo part, and it went pretty well to my relief.
I think I figured out the linking to a certain timestamp. :)
https://www.youtube.com/live/5uQq-vH3WWU?si=ob8Y9VZtcwHQaX7s&t=3050
Choir concert today, exiting because I had a (tiny) solo. Last rehearsal was chaotic, at the concert everyone pulled themselves together. Audience was very enthousiastic according to the choir members who were collecting at the exit (these concerts are free entrance, voluntary contribution).
Thought of a new word in Finnish: kolehdinkerääjäkuorolainen.
Spotted a bird in the sachristy. :D
Just to practise how to share a youtube video from a certain timestamp, hope this works as intended! Thank you everyone who gave advice. :) Edited to add: didn't seem to work. Will investigate further another time.
Our choir concerts are usually not streamed, unlike the Sunday services. But this was a special occasion celebrating the 650th anniversary of the province of Utrecht. So a composer from the province, Joannes Tollius (ca. 1550- ca. 1620)(aka Jan Tol if we're not being fancy) from Amersfoort, "Osculetur me osculo oris sui" and "Surge, propera amica mea". Later on in the video also Händel's Utrecht Te Deum which for obvious reasons we get perform pretty regularly. :)
https://www.youtube.com/live/kizDZipR36c?si=mXYVb--U78-Es1fB&start=1h19m57s
If there is a way to share a particular moment in a youtube video, instead of linking to the start of the video, I don't know it. But anyway, at about 1:10:30 here you can hear our choir singing some Gesualdo (a rather mild one mind you) at the service this morning, and have a look at one of the pretty windows in the Dom church. The volunteer who does the video took advantage of the fact that we sang around the baptismal font instead of where we usually stand. (I'm one of the people hidden by the chandelier)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3X5gxRLwnk
Irina
Praise the Lord
Pauliina Lievonen