Getting ready for Saturday's concert. The sackbuts and cornetts are coming ...
I'm trying to get into my Latin meanings of these psalms. Dixit Dominus is so fierce and warlike. My favourite is Nisi Domini. What a great concept that is to sing, 'unless the lord [does so and so]' because the lines are so full of opposites, it gets very complex emotionally, and that complexity really goes with Monteverdi's wonderful music.
In contrast to this intricate emotion it's great to let go in our highly accomplished group on the simple praise songs - 'Lauda Jerusalem!' That one ends the first half. It's going to be magnificent.
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