How many things can be crammed into one weekend? On the agenda for this one upcoming there’s Mother’s Day, a kayaking trip with Lowcountry Unfiltered, a photo walk with the Upstate Photographers, Artisphere is happening in downtown Greenville, it’s Furman Commencement…
…and, oh yeah, we have a concert at the Peace Center Saturday night and Sunday after noon with the Greenville Chorale and Greenville Symphony Orchestra, with rehearsals Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning.
I think I have an excuse not to post anything elaborate, although I’ve got a few things on various back burners.
As for the concert, we’re doing “Music from the Heavens” which includes the Poulenc Gloria, Verdi’s Stabat Mater and a piece from Aida, and Mascagni’s Easter Hymn. Edvard Tchivzhel is conducting, and he is taking maddeningly fast tempi as he usually does. That way the bad notes don’t last as long, as I used to tell my choirs. The music is challenging, but it should be a good concert. I have a very brief semi-solo bit with the men of the Chamber Ensemble in the second half of the show, but only for a couple of measures. There are two of us on a part, so I guess in a group this size, that qualifies as a “solo” 😉
Rehearsals are exhausting. Monday we started working with Tchivzhel. Either his English is getting better, or we’re learning how to interpret his thick Russian accent. We seemed to understand him a bit better. Now I’ll have to see if I can get through these next few crazy days without losing my voice.