What a great rehearsal last night!

Somehow all the hard work put in over the past however many weeks came good.  The contrasting pieces all came together into a fabulous evening’s music making.  The Schubert sounded graceful; the Ramirez was lively and engaging, and the songs were great fun to sing with all the contrary rhythms competing with each other.

Some concerts come together gradually.  This one has struggled over the past few weeks so it was especially gratifying last night when everything seemed to suddenly come together as if by magic.

Of course we all know that if there is any magic, it comes from Carlos, ably assisted by Bethany.  Bethany has been a wonderful accompanist for us, and we owe her a huge “Thank you” for her support this session.  And we owe, as always, a huge “Thank you” to Carlos for sharing his consummate musicianship with us during rehearsals.  We are very privileged to have a musician of his calibre as our conductor.

And part of last night’s magic was having the orchestra and the instrumentalists, Los Incas, with us for the first time.  The Ramirez in particular sounded so good with their backing.

So we are well set for another great performance on Sunday.