Concert! Bach/Vivaldi at H'ville FPC.

Steve and Alice Marie

Hi All

We had wonderful concert this evening, one that I would love to do again! 

Here a few pix before and after the concert

This one on the left is of my choir director, Steve and his sister, Alice Marie and it was taken just after our last rehearsal on Saturday at Hendersonville FPC.  Steve was conducting Vivaldi's Gloria for us!

Before that Tony, the choir director of Hendersonville FPC conducted Bach's cantata 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

Here we are, milling around the choir room the day of the concert.  I am standing behind the piano for the simple reason that there wasn't a lot of room.  We had 30 people in there.  Wow!  It certainly wowed the people at the concert.

Unfortunately, I do not have any recordings of the concert itself, but both pieces are pretty well known.

I once wondered why we sing; what is its purpose, I asked.  I know that I enjoy it greatly and so do many other musicians. For us it's a labor of love.  Perhaps there is lessen in that as well, for all humanity is a labor of love from God. 

On the Saturday before the concert, Steve gave us a little pep talk of sorts,  He said that we needed to "transport" the people in the congregation to another place.  There are many people in the world that face difficult challenges and they are weighed down by the burdens of life.  Our job this evening was to remind the people that God is still here and still around and that life can be good.

I know that this a very "happy" post so to speak; my purpose in its writing is not so much to tell you how much I enjoy my life even the craziness that Fightinggale I experience, but rather that life itself can be enjoyed if you allow yourself to believe in possibilities!

For now, I leave you all with this

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Muss von  Christo Zeugnis Geben
Ohne furcht und heuchelei
Das err Got und Heiland sei