Advent 2024 - Day 10
Today, I've delivered the Christmas cookies to six out of eight recipients. The others will have to wait until next week, since they no longer work at the school and therefore I couldn't just put the boxes down on their desk in the teachers' room. *g*
Choir practice went well enough in the absence of our choir leader (her husband has fallen ill); her usual replacement took over, which was necessary, considering that our Christmas concert takes place on Saturday.
Our programme is:
- 3 Hungarian Christmas songs, reworked for two voices, which we sing together with the children's choir;
- Bach: Ich steh' an deiner Krippe;
- Karai: A szép Szűz Mária (a Christmas-themed lullaby);
- Fischer: Ave Maria;
- What Child is This (I hardly had to introduce that one, have I?)
- Bach: Gloria sei dir gesungen
- Bárdos: Christmas lullaby
- Csendes a puszta (a piece for three voices, based on a traditional German Christmas song).
This time I get to be in the solo group (meaning two persons each from sopranos, mezzo and contralto), which makes the concert all the more special for me. I only regret that Mum can't be there. I'll show you the recording, of course, but that isn't the same.
In other news, I've almost finished Christmas card #39. It was a very easy-looking pattern yet turned out to be anything but. I'm sure I've made a lot of mistakes, but the really hard parts are done, all I'll have to add tomorrow are a few little details and the card body, which is a relief. I'll try to make a 40th one, just because I've got this thing for round numbers, but if I don't manage, then I don't manage.
My choirmates have brought me some more empty toilet rolls, so more surprise boxes will be made tomorrow. For today I'm completely done in.
Choir practice went well enough in the absence of our choir leader (her husband has fallen ill); her usual replacement took over, which was necessary, considering that our Christmas concert takes place on Saturday.
Our programme is:
- 3 Hungarian Christmas songs, reworked for two voices, which we sing together with the children's choir;
- Bach: Ich steh' an deiner Krippe;
- Karai: A szép Szűz Mária (a Christmas-themed lullaby);
- Fischer: Ave Maria;
- What Child is This (I hardly had to introduce that one, have I?)
- Bach: Gloria sei dir gesungen
- Bárdos: Christmas lullaby
- Csendes a puszta (a piece for three voices, based on a traditional German Christmas song).
This time I get to be in the solo group (meaning two persons each from sopranos, mezzo and contralto), which makes the concert all the more special for me. I only regret that Mum can't be there. I'll show you the recording, of course, but that isn't the same.
In other news, I've almost finished Christmas card #39. It was a very easy-looking pattern yet turned out to be anything but. I'm sure I've made a lot of mistakes, but the really hard parts are done, all I'll have to add tomorrow are a few little details and the card body, which is a relief. I'll try to make a 40th one, just because I've got this thing for round numbers, but if I don't manage, then I don't manage.
My choirmates have brought me some more empty toilet rolls, so more surprise boxes will be made tomorrow. For today I'm completely done in.