Today is the 15th birthday of LiveWire no 3 and the poem for today in A Poet for Every Day of the Year is the delightful “Spring Has Come back Again” by Rainer Maria Rilke. I hope T likes it.
Translated from the German by Jessie Lamont.
At our rehearsal with The Suitcase Singers this morning, we sang one of my favourite songs, Call in the Spring by Rosie Sleightholme and here is a video made by S, a friend who sings in the sopranos across the room from me. Do click on the link.
It was a good sing this morning. This was our warm-up song.
My reading for the last week has been ‘Mad Honey ‘ by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan. it was brilliant, informative, compelling and one of those books you just can’t put down. Like others of her books, it deals with very important issues while being a cracking good story.
The Suitcase Singers, one of the choirs I sing with, have been loving learning this beautiful Peter Amidon arrangement of Hallelujah,. We can’t wait to learn the next verse! Do have a listen.
My choir, The Suitcase Singers have been part of this festival, the biggest free music festival in Europe, on the opening day this afternoon. We are in the middle of a storm warning and the heavens have opened this afternoon so the kind people of the Falmouth Hotel allowed us to sing inside instead of on the outdoor stage.
The audience were fabulous and seemed to really appreciate us and we loved the performance.
Just opposite the hotel is Castle Beach, the place where my lovely Mr Smith gave me my engagement ring 58 years ago! The tide was out on that occasion. 🙂
Just look at the view from the Zed Shed where we rehearsed this morning and then listen to an African piece that we sang today. Thanks to S for the recording. I hope both contribute to your happiness!
The Suitcase Singers sang our hearts out in Trelissick Gardens this afternoon with an enthusiastic audience up for joining in and having fun.
Afterwards we went into Trelissick House to see the gorgeous decorations, delightful Christmas trees, one at least in every room, and some quirky dancers. Click on any photo in the gallery for more detail.
Tree in the Orangery, look carefully for seagulls and Cornish Choughs
Singing at the Zed Shed where this vision of peace greets us in the morning, is very soul restoring.
Choir this morning have recorded a short piece for the ShelterBox Auction. The top bidder for us will win an hour’s concert! Here is a YouTube video for you of The Suitcase Singers singing Anne Glanville
When our Ukrainians were with us, I contacted Spotlight South West to encourage them to see the show and do interviews with the Hooligan Art Community. Here is the interview for you to see. It takes a while to load.
My choir sang at Krowji Open weekend this afternoon and what a happy bunch of singers we are! It was such a joy to be singing again, with an audience and Christmas carols after missing out last year completely.
In the intervals between singing, we wandered around the exhibitions and I loved the work on this door.
In one of the rooms were these posters of protest which appealed to me too. The artist gave her permission for the ‘Armchair Protest’ to be put on here.I missed her name and hope to find out soon..
A week ago, just 15 of us gathered at the Eco Park to sing Cornish Christmas carols in a safe and socially distanced way. Enjoy listening to us. For this who wanted to know, I’m right at the end singing “Thy beloved name!” I’m elsewhere too so you can watch again from the start if you like, even perhaps contribute to one of our charities. Nadelik Lowen is Happy Christmas in Cornish.
Photographer Tobias Baumgaertner captured this image of two widowed fairy penguins looking over the Melbourne skyline. It has won an award in Oceanographic magazine’s Ocean Photography Awards 2020.
The backstory is so heartwarming. The lighter penguin is an elderly female whose partner died this year. The darker one is a younger male who lost his partner two years ago. Biologists have followed them as they meet every night to comfort each other. They stand for hours together watching the city lights.
I made our Chocolate Amaretti Torte this afternoon, one for us and one for our daughter who is visiting for an outdoor pasty lunch tomorrow, looking forward to eating it soon!
Mixing the cream and the chocolate mixture
P.S. We saw the Great Conjunction tonight for a few moments when the clouds parted!
Today is the 15th birthday of LiveWire no 3 and the poem for today in A Poet for Every Day of the Year is the delightful
