Rehearsals for our next concerts started on Thursday January 22nd. The Choir was at full strength with around 70 current members plus two prospective members.  It was great to be back singing again, and to catch up with old friends.

Haydn’s Mass in a Time of War proved to be a piece with lots of colour and contrast.  In keeping with much good music, it looks straightforward, but in reality there were some changes in key which challenged the sight-reading skills of even some of our our more experienced singers.

Next week (January 29th) we will get to know more about the two Spanish pieces, Song of the Stars by Granados and Song of the Birds by Casals, when Carolina Estrada  from the Sydney Conservatorium comes to introduce them to us and to share something of her research into how they came to be composed.