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\"Joseph<\/a>
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall empty before a rehearsal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I survived my crazy week!\u00a0 My training plan did not, but hey, I didn’t come out the other side with a cold, so I consider it a win.<\/p>\n

This weekend, my choir sang with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.\u00a0 It was an amazingly cool opportunity, so I’m going to gush about it for a few minutes.\u00a0 Music geek and all.\u00a0 Plus it’s something I want to remember.<\/p>\n

We performed Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” a far cry from “West Side Story,” but still featuring some of his favored rhythms.\u00a0 It was a piece I wasn’t familiar with before, but now I will need months to get it out of my head.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a very challenging piece and a lot of work, even though it’s about fifteen minutes long.<\/p>\n

Yes, that’s right, all this work for fifteen minutes of singing.\u00a0 Because we had to clear out of the space, on Friday night for example, the concert was scheduled to start at 8 but likely started a few minutes late because that’s how concerts work.\u00a0 By 8:35, I was in my car on my way home.<\/p>\n

It’s been fun to see reviews in the newspapers.<\/p>\n

From the Baltimore Sun<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Except for a few uneven balances, the Cathedral Choral Society from Washington National Cathedral delivered the psalm texts with admirable polish, not to mention character.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Hey man, you try singing over a giant orchestra!)<\/p>\n

From the Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The first half of the program was all Bernstein: the symphony, a product of his earliest years, and the \u201cChichester Psalms,\u201d a mature, after-\u201cWest Side Story\u201d composition. Both are spiritual, maybe, but viewing spirituality in its most muscular form. The Cathedral Choral Society (J. Reilly Lewis, music director) was the chorus for the Psalms, and I must say it was nice to hear it in an acoustical setting other than the echo-y spaces of the Washington National Cathedral. The men managed the challenges of the tongue-twisting \u201cLamah rag\u2019shu goyim\u201d crisply, the chorus fielded two excellent soloists for two small appearances, and the performance was alert and nicely balanced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(The acoustics of our beloved Cathedral are always panned – but you can’t find a more beautiful setting.)<\/p>\n

Watching Marin Alsop conduct was an honor.\u00a0 She wasn’t her normal dramatic self when conducting the choral parts because she was so careful to make sure that we knew what we were doing.\u00a0 Not all orchestra conductors are so attentive to a chorus, and it was great to know that she wasn’t going to lead us astray.\u00a0 But when the chorus was silent and she was conducting the orchestra alone, it was absolutely fascinating to watch.\u00a0 It’s very different to be able to watch from the front and see her face and her expression.\u00a0 Absolutely phenomenal.\u00a0 And the BSO is an amazing orchestra.\u00a0 I will be buying tickets to see them more often.<\/p>\n

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