Dear Friends,
this afternoon it was my absolute pleasure to conduct the world
premiere performance of the "Missa Solemnis" by our very own Thurlow
Weed of Lancaster, Ohio - yes right here in Ballarat.
The venue was our magnificent St. Patricks Cathedral - check it out
online - with it's fabulous pipe organ.
The choir performed to their best and every single person I spoke to
afterwards said how much they enjoyed the work as they let it wash
over them. We had a CD and DVD professionally recorded and they
should be available in a few days' time
I wore a black shirt with my best Bucks Point jabot/bow-tie combo
with lacey cuffs made for me some years ago by our own Stormy Lee Van
den Houten of Castle Rock, Washington. So lace making got more than a mention.
For one of Thurlow's hymns in the 2nd half we were joined by the
Ballarat Little Brass Band. Then for the finale we had pipe organ,
brass band plus Clavinova playing grand piano and strings as we
performed that beautiful hymn "Be Still My Soul" to Sibelius's Finlandia tune.
Came home, made a big coffee, did 1cm of Miss Channer and then just
had to tell you all before I crash
David
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