All Day Music

Happy Late Night, my Darling,

I am back from the concert, and actually got back a little while ago at about 11:45. Hilary played the concerto by Henri Vieuxtemps that is on her latest record. Really fantastic, what can be said except that she is one of the greatest musicians of all time. The L.A. Phil is quite an orchestra, too, and when you are inside Disney Hall listening to them, the music has an organic, three dimensional quality. An 80 piece orchestra has so many things going on all at once that it's amazing to watch, and to pick out who is soloing in a certain place, or to watch the different section - the cellos, the violas, the percussion, etc.

After the intermission, when Hilary's piece was finished, they played a 45 minute symphony by Tchaikovsky that was very dynamic, layered with strings, woodwind highlights.

It was a musical day, and I was at the 3pm practice for our little segment tomorrow with the SFVMC. Most of our choir members showed up. The Master Chorale - boy can they sing! They get that "hushed" tone, that soft blend that you hear in the best choral music. Like opera singers if they were singing very softly, and in harmony with one another. You know what I mean, cause you've been in a choir before and you know Eric Whitacre's music. Morten Lauritzen, too. It's that kind of singing, and while I can't say if they are on the level of a top chorale like L.A. Master, they are certainly close.

So it was fun to sing with them, and what's really cool is the blending. Because when you sit right next to another tenor who is singing really well, you find that's it becomes easier to hit the notes yourself. You can tune your voice instantaneously to the voices on either side of you, and blend. And then you can adjust your volume accordingly, as you gain confidence in the tenor vocal line.

So that was my day, lots of music, and also a trip out to Burbank this morning to take Sophie shopping. It was go-go-go all day, and tomorrow will be go-go but without all the driving. It will just be singing, mostly. At church, then at choir rehearsal, then at the concert which starts at 3:30. Our little part will be at the end, probably around 4:30 or so.

I hope you had a good time at the Fall ll Rise show this evening, and now you are probably back in Madison. And then you've got the show tomorrow night as well. Have an absolute blast, and may this first tour, even though it was brief, have an exponential effect and lead to more tours and more connections! And even more than that, may you have a ton of great memories from your travels, and at the clubs and the stops in between, so that when you are back home and thinking about the whole thing, that it will settle in how cool it is. I know you already know how cool it is, but when that feeling settles in........

Then you comprehend it, and that provides more optimism and intent for the next project or road trip or whatever may come up.

And you know it will!

I will see you in the morning, Sweet Baby. I'll be here for a little bit before church, then back for maybe an hour between 1 and 2pm, and then back in the evening around 5pm, when the concert is over.

I Love You!  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo  :):)