And who's this ugly mug?

With thanks to Jamie.

Photos from Klára!

And finally....

Here's the recording on SoundCloud (you don't have to log in to listen):
http://snd.sc/jS4XkW

Hungarian Guidance

For those who were absent on Monday and are know seriously concerned, here's a useful weblink: http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/alphabet/hungarian.htm

Hungarian

A BIG thank you to Klára Morvai for spending so much of her precious time with us at our rehearsal last night.  It was fascinating (and moving) to hear about the importance of Kodaly's pieces and the Hungarian musical traditions.   Whilst we could not pretend to be anyway fluent yet, Klára has however given us an excellent start for Esti Dal and Turot Eszik.  We hope to do her proud.

Here is the photo of the white board from last night and we will send the recording of Klára reading the text  to the choir by email .

Purcell - Sopranos and Altos

We are doing really well with our Purcell rehearsals before Chamber Choir on Mondays however we thought it might be a good idea to propose that we split the half hour session in two - focusing on Evening Hymn first and then Sound the Trumpet.  This way any alto's who feel that the former is just too high for them can opt out of the first half of the session (no shame in that - Evening Hymn is set for a very high voice and it is not a surprise that it is challenging some alto's!).

Hungarian Lesson

Dear All,

A Hungarian colleague of Douglas', Klára Morvai, will be joining us on Monday to fine-tune our pronounciations of the Kodaly numbers........................................

Klara, like all Hungarians, is an avid and confident choral singer and is well aware of the pieces, so it should be fun. If you interested in the Kodaly singing Method as used across Hungary and in various centres across the world, please click here.

Let's please have a great attendance so that we don't have to try and relearn anything later!

Thanks,

Ed