Carnegie Hall

[Belushi TD]

Hello, all!

If anyone is within striking distance of New York City, here's a neat thing I'm doing on Monday night.

https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2 ... tra-0800pm

I will be singing tenor in the third part of the concert linked above, and we're doing Mozart's Requiem.

Thanks
Belushi TD

[jemhouston]

Congrats

[Micael]

That’s cool, good luck and have fun. Sadly I’m at an intercontinental rather than a striking distance away.

[Drunknsubmrnr]

Hello, all!

If anyone is within striking distance of New York City, here's a neat thing I'm doing on Monday night.

https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2 ... tra-0800pm

I will be singing tenor in the third part of the concert linked above, and we're doing Mozart's Requiem.

Thanks
Belushi TD

Let me see what I can do, but no promises.

[Drunknsubmrnr]

See you tonight.

I do have to say that summer crowds on Manhattan streets prove that people are generally nice.

First time at Carnegie Hall.

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[warshipadmin]

Ah another tenor (not that I've sung for 44 years). Moz Req is a smashing piece of music.

[Drunknsubmrnr]

BZ on the singing!

[Belushi TD]

Thank you, Sir!

I was in the 3rd row, about 8 or 9 from your right in that photo.

Were you in the third tier? It appears that you might have been, and, if so, you were probably in the same section as my wife and kids. My younger daughter had taken my older daughter's car possum (don't ask) with them and was making it dance.

It was a hell of a thing. I had a wonderful time, and it was, frankly, amazing to be able to sing on the same stage as so many famous people as well as my parents, back in the late 60's and 70's, as they were in Masterwork Choir.

And you're correct, Mozart's Requiem is, in fact, a smashing piece of music. I have always gotten along well with Mozart. Yesterday proved it.

And here's a shot looking right back at where you were sitting, only during the sound check! Or at least I hope it is. I'm spectacularly bad at inserting photos.


Thank you for the well wishes and thanks in particular to Drunknsubmrnr for making the trek to the hall to hear the performance.

Belushi TD

[David Newton]

I'll also be performing some Mozart this week. The Coronation Mass as part of the program of this concert on 17th:

http://www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk/index. ... ign/events

Decidedly less famous venue.

[Drunknsubmrnr]

It was a great show. The kids in the first half were pretty good too.

I have a semi-action pic.

[Bernard Woolley]

Ah. The other Carnegie Hall.

[Belushi TD]

YES!!! Thank you so much!

You'll be happy to know that the long haired lady in the second row from the edge of the balcony on the right side of you picture is my wife. My kids were sitting to her right!

Its too bad I didn't tell you what seats they were in. You could have introduced yourself to her and confused the hell out of her. She is very glad you were able to make it, and sorry she didn't get to meet you in person.

In this particular picture, it appears that I am looking directly at the camera. 8th from the right in the middle row, and I knew my wife wanted to take some pictures so I was looking at her!

Belushi TD

[Belushi TD]

I'll also be performing some Mozart this week. The Coronation Mass as part of the program of this concert on 17th:

http://www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk/index. ... ign/events

Decidedly less famous venue.

Less famous, perhaps.

However, no less beautiful. The vaulted ceilings in particular appear to be spectacular. Wish I could come see it. I love hearing music in the old cathedrals, since it was frequently written to be performed in such.

Break a leg!

Belushi TD

[David Newton]

Not a cathedral. Normal parish church in status.

That said it's not a normal parish church in many practical terms. One is the size, hence your mistake. It's musical establishment is another. It has a director of music and an organist as paid staff. It also has boys' choir, girls' choir (first to be formed in the Church of England in 1990, beating the cathedral normally said to have done that by a few weeks) and a men's choir. There are links with a local private school which offers choral scholarships. The church also regularly has BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong program broadcast from there and the choristers have made a number of recordings over the years. A common next career move for directors of music there is to such a post at a smaller cathedral.

The director of music is ex-officio conductor of the choir I am in. We don't do any services, just three concerts a year. It certainly is nice to be able to rehearse in the space where you perform. The final Saturday afternoon rehearsals do provide a bit of entertainment for the tourists who happen to be there at the time.

The church largely dates from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It was rebuilt after extensive damage in the Great Fire of Warwick in 1694. Lots of English towns and cities had big fires around that time, not just London and Warwick. In the church itself probably the most remarkable thing is the Beauchamp Chapel. Beauchamp being the family name of some of the earlier medieval Earls of Warwick. The ones before the Kingmaker (yes one really did get sufficiently powerful that the epithet was justified and demonstrated). If you see a lord in Games of Thrones plotting to overthrow the monarchy Richard Nevile, 16th Earl of Warwick was one of the inspirations for those characters. He overthrew one king, got in a snit over the spoils he was given as a result, changed sides and overthrew the king he'd just put in power to restore the original king he'd deposed before being killed during the third change of king. He didn't initiate the third change and was on the losing side. Henry VI and Edward IV were the Kings concerned.