Thursday afternoon I went to a free a cappella concert at the Apostelkirche. The Apostle's Church has a series of short concerts at 5:00 during the farmers market in that part of town. This group sang Beach Boys, Quincy Jones, Jobim, Real Group, Billy Joel, Coltrane...all the songs were in English except one that a group member wrote. Good music, great choreography, very upbeat and fun.
Apostelkirche Side Door
I love the doors on the old buildings here. Lots of fancy ironwork and stone work.
There's a bimonthly calendar of all the music concerts in the Hannover churches and we've been going to lots of concerts. So far we've heard a male a cappella quintet called the Hannover Harmonists, Bach's St. John's and St. Matthew's Passions, a brass choir, and a senior citizens orchestra. Today we're going to a recorder and flute ensemble concert.
I tried out two choirs and decided to join a Monday night group called the Gemischter Chor Kleefeld.
At the first rehearsal, we practiced an English madrigal and a German folk song, both a cappella. The conductor/accompanist is blind. He seldom had to refer to Braille notes and seemed to keep all 4 parts in his head. The person who sat next to me at the recorder orchestra Wednesday is blind and learns all the music by ear and by heart. The recorder orchestra has several fat notebooks full of music, and when the conductor yells out A238, someone whispers the title to her and she just plays. Amazing.
Anyway, it's wonderful to be in a choir again, and I find myself singing "Kein Schöner Land" (the German folk song)while walking and biking around.
I know there are a lot of performances in Claremont, but it sounds like you'll miss the music when you come home. Maybe you can come out to USC for some more events!
ReplyDelete