Mittwoch, April 26, 2006

So weit, so gut...

I've made up my mind to sing Mozart's Requiem together with the choir I'm currently playing with. They won't need a pianist (coz they're using an orchestra for the actual performance) after today, so I thought I might as well sing with them.

Being a member of the Symphony Chorus is like having a "passport" to sing in other amateur choirs, lol. ^^

The Requiem will take place in the last week of May. To be exact, three days before my departure. What a way to celebrate my "departure" - double pun here.

But that means, I only have less than a month to learn up the text, then the music. Most importantly, I've only weeks to brainwash my German-Latin into Italian-Latin, both which sound very, very different. What a way to go! The recent Beethoven's Missa Solemnis sure has done enough damage, especially when the Symphony Chorus started rehearsing for the Beethoven last year. Five months plus of German-Latin, and I've three weeks to change all into Italian-Latin. Seriously, I think German-Latin is more singer-friendly, in terms of consonants and the means of breath-conserving.

That doesn't mean I'm going to smoke the performance though. I'm going to take it seriously and put in my best. Because, if you have been following my livejournal, the Requiem this coming May is for a special late someone.

posted by empress @ 7:12 PM