Thirty Days Meme: Day 28 - Music Again
Sep. 21st, 2013 05:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitWe went to listen to OH's singing teacher doing a recital this morning. It's not the sort of thing that I'd instantly decide I had to go to (see yesterday's post), nor is it high on my 'I'm glad you suggested going to that' list, but OH was going so I was happy to go too. It was an enjoyable recital - he's a good singer, a counter-tenor. Not as good as Andreas Scholl, who is on my list to hear live one day, but the tickets were definitely cheaper. Having said that I've just discovered that Scholl is performing in Birmingham next January; possible Christmas present for OH?
I've heard a couple of tenors sing live - Joseph Callejo in the Royal Festival Hall in January and Andrea Boccelli at the NEC last November. Boccelli was amazing - tickets were massively expensive, but for a one-off it was an experience I was so glad to have.
But this wasn't going to be a post about singers, but about songs. OH is a tenor and has been singing in choirs that perform traditional choral music. We have an agreement - unless I really enjoy the particular piece(s) of music I don't go to their concerts. I like Verdi's Requiem - because, yes, it's loud. He likes a lot of early music, which really isn't my sort of thing. At this morning's recital I enjoyed the two Italian songs, the Schubert was alright (very German) and there was a lot of Britten. It's the centenary of his birth - and I don't like Britten. The more I hear, the less I like (apart from The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra).
Anyway the Gloucester Choral Society are performing the Britten War Requiem in November. And OH isn't, because he's singing with the Cotswold Savoyards who are doing a musical called "Jekyll and Hyde". I think I shall enjoy that much more.
I've heard a couple of tenors sing live - Joseph Callejo in the Royal Festival Hall in January and Andrea Boccelli at the NEC last November. Boccelli was amazing - tickets were massively expensive, but for a one-off it was an experience I was so glad to have.
But this wasn't going to be a post about singers, but about songs. OH is a tenor and has been singing in choirs that perform traditional choral music. We have an agreement - unless I really enjoy the particular piece(s) of music I don't go to their concerts. I like Verdi's Requiem - because, yes, it's loud. He likes a lot of early music, which really isn't my sort of thing. At this morning's recital I enjoyed the two Italian songs, the Schubert was alright (very German) and there was a lot of Britten. It's the centenary of his birth - and I don't like Britten. The more I hear, the less I like (apart from The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra).
Anyway the Gloucester Choral Society are performing the Britten War Requiem in November. And OH isn't, because he's singing with the Cotswold Savoyards who are doing a musical called "Jekyll and Hyde". I think I shall enjoy that much more.
