Where is this year going? Next week we will give the last concert of our 2014/15 season at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, and will start our summer break. In the meantime we have some great concerts to look forward to in Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. In the last couple of days we had two outside concerts, and I’m glad to report that the weather co-operated beautifully for both. On Friday we returned to the beautiful town of Cervo to sing in the church square overlooking the Mediterranean. Last time we came to the festival we were washed out by torrential rain, which only allowed us to sing a couple of bonus songs to the people who hadn’t received the news that the concert was cancelled, and had turned up in the hope that it would be going ahead. Instead, we returned a few months later to give a concert in nearby Imperia, safely indoors, and my memory of that evening is mainly of the amazing dinner in the choir house of a local men’s voices ensemble, where we sat down to eat the first of many courses well after midnight. This time all went according to plan.The following night we were once again performing outside, this time on a stage by the side of a lake in Daun, in Germany’s Vulkaneifel region. The lake is formed in the crater of a volcano, which although not technically extinct, has been dormant for about 10,000 years, and is not expected to erupt for a similar timespan. Once again the atmosphere was amazing, and as the night fell, that atmosphere was enhanced by hundreds of candles floating on the lake. We had been told that there would be fireworks after the concert, but were not aware that this was to happen as the last chord of the last song faded away, and that they would flare up right in front of us at the front of the stage. I can report that two thirds of the KS took this in their stride, but the other third reacted rather more actively.Today we have the first of five orchestral Great American Songbook shows with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the baton of Frank Strobel. The first two are part of the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival – always a sign that summer’s arrived – then it’s off to Amsterdam, Wiesbaden and Grafenegg; not a bad way to end a season.
Where is this year going? Next week we will give the last concert of our 2014/15 season at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, and will start our summer break. In the meantime we have some great concerts to look forward to in Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. In the last couple of days we had two outside concerts, and I’m glad to report that the weather co-operated beautifully for both. On Friday we returned to the beautiful town of Cervo to sing in the church square overlooking the Mediterranean. Last time we came to the festival we were washed out by torrential rain, which only allowed us to sing a couple of bonus songs to the people who hadn’t received the news that the concert was cancelled, and had turned up in the hope that it would be going ahead. Instead, we returned a few months later to give a concert in nearby Imperia, safely indoors, and my memory of that evening is mainly of the amazing dinner in the choir house of a local men’s voices ensemble, where we sat down to eat the first of many courses well after midnight. This time all went according to plan.The following night we were once again performing outside, this time on a stage by the side of a lake in Daun, in Germany’s Vulkaneifel region. The lake is formed in the crater of a volcano, which although not technically extinct, has been dormant for about 10,000 years, and is not expected to erupt for a similar timespan. Once again the atmosphere was amazing, and as the night fell, that atmosphere was enhanced by hundreds of candles floating on the lake. We had been told that there would be fireworks after the concert, but were not aware that this was to happen as the last chord of the last song faded away, and that they would flare up right in front of us at the front of the stage. I can report that two thirds of the KS took this in their stride, but the other third reacted rather more actively.Today we have the first of five orchestral Great American Songbook shows with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the baton of Frank Strobel. The first two are part of the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival – always a sign that summer’s arrived – then it’s off to Amsterdam, Wiesbaden and Grafenegg; not a bad way to end a season.
Where is this year going? Next week we will give the last concert of our 2014/15 season at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, and will start our summer break. In the meantime we have some great concerts to look forward to in Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. In the last couple of days we had two outside concerts, and I’m glad to report that the weather co-operated beautifully for both. On Friday we returned to the beautiful town of Cervo to sing in the church square overlooking the Mediterranean. Last time we came to the festival we were washed out by torrential rain, which only allowed us to sing a couple of bonus songs to the people who hadn’t received the news that the concert was cancelled, and had turned up in the hope that it would be going ahead. Instead, we returned a few months later to give a concert in nearby Imperia, safely indoors, and my memory of that evening is mainly of the amazing dinner in the choir house of a local men’s voices ensemble, where we sat down to eat the first of many courses well after midnight. This time all went according to plan.The following night we were once again performing outside, this time on a stage by the side of a lake in Daun, in Germany’s Vulkaneifel region. The lake is formed in the crater of a volcano, which although not technically extinct, has been dormant for about 10,000 years, and is not expected to erupt for a similar timespan. Once again the atmosphere was amazing, and as the night fell, that atmosphere was enhanced by hundreds of candles floating on the lake. We had been told that there would be fireworks after the concert, but were not aware that this was to happen as the last chord of the last song faded away, and that they would flare up right in front of us at the front of the stage. I can report that two thirds of the KS took this in their stride, but the other third reacted rather more actively.Today we have the first of five orchestral Great American Songbook shows with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the baton of Frank Strobel. The first two are part of the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival – always a sign that summer’s arrived – then it’s off to Amsterdam, Wiesbaden and Grafenegg; not a bad way to end a season.
Where is this year going? Next week we will give the last concert of our 2014/15 season at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, and will start our summer break. In the meantime we have some great concerts to look forward to in Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. In the last couple of days we had two outside concerts, and I’m glad to report that the weather co-operated beautifully for both. On Friday we returned to the beautiful town of Cervo to sing in the church square overlooking the Mediterranean. Last time we came to the festival we were washed out by torrential rain, which only allowed us to sing a couple of bonus songs to the people who hadn’t received the news that the concert was cancelled, and had turned up in the hope that it would be going ahead. Instead, we returned a few months later to give a concert in nearby Imperia, safely indoors, and my memory of that evening is mainly of the amazing dinner in the choir house of a local men’s voices ensemble, where we sat down to eat the first of many courses well after midnight. This time all went according to plan.The following night we were once again performing outside, this time on a stage by the side of a lake in Daun, in Germany’s Vulkaneifel region. The lake is formed in the crater of a volcano, which although not technically extinct, has been dormant for about 10,000 years, and is not expected to erupt for a similar timespan. Once again the atmosphere was amazing, and as the night fell, that atmosphere was enhanced by hundreds of candles floating on the lake. We had been told that there would be fireworks after the concert, but were not aware that this was to happen as the last chord of the last song faded away, and that they would flare up right in front of us at the front of the stage. I can report that two thirds of the KS took this in their stride, but the other third reacted rather more actively.Today we have the first of five orchestral Great American Songbook shows with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the baton of Frank Strobel. The first two are part of the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival – always a sign that summer’s arrived – then it’s off to Amsterdam, Wiesbaden and Grafenegg; not a bad way to end a season.
Where is this year going? Next week we will give the last concert of our 2014/15 season at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, and will start our summer break. In the meantime we have some great concerts to look forward to in Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. In the last couple of days we had two outside concerts, and I’m glad to report that the weather co-operated beautifully for both. On Friday we returned to the beautiful town of Cervo to sing in the church square overlooking the Mediterranean. Last time we came to the festival we were washed out by torrential rain, which only allowed us to sing a couple of bonus songs to the people who hadn’t received the news that the concert was cancelled, and had turned up in the hope that it would be going ahead. Instead, we returned a few months later to give a concert in nearby Imperia, safely indoors, and my memory of that evening is mainly of the amazing dinner in the choir house of a local men’s voices ensemble, where we sat down to eat the first of many courses well after midnight. This time all went according to plan.The following night we were once again performing outside, this time on a stage by the side of a lake in Daun, in Germany’s Vulkaneifel region. The lake is formed in the crater of a volcano, which although not technically extinct, has been dormant for about 10,000 years, and is not expected to erupt for a similar timespan. Once again the atmosphere was amazing, and as the night fell, that atmosphere was enhanced by hundreds of candles floating on the lake. We had been told that there would be fireworks after the concert, but were not aware that this was to happen as the last chord of the last song faded away, and that they would flare up right in front of us at the front of the stage. I can report that two thirds of the KS took this in their stride, but the other third reacted rather more actively.Today we have the first of five orchestral Great American Songbook shows with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the baton of Frank Strobel. The first two are part of the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival – always a sign that summer’s arrived – then it’s off to Amsterdam, Wiesbaden and Grafenegg; not a bad way to end a season.
Where is this year going? Next week we will give the last concert of our 2014/15 season at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, and will start our summer break. In the meantime we have some great concerts to look forward to in Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. In the last couple of days we had two outside concerts, and I’m glad to report that the weather co-operated beautifully for both. On Friday we returned to the beautiful town of Cervo to sing in the church square overlooking the Mediterranean. Last time we came to the festival we were washed out by torrential rain, which only allowed us to sing a couple of bonus songs to the people who hadn’t received the news that the concert was cancelled, and had turned up in the hope that it would be going ahead. Instead, we returned a few months later to give a concert in nearby Imperia, safely indoors, and my memory of that evening is mainly of the amazing dinner in the choir house of a local men’s voices ensemble, where we sat down to eat the first of many courses well after midnight. This time all went according to plan.The following night we were once again performing outside, this time on a stage by the side of a lake in Daun, in Germany’s Vulkaneifel region. The lake is formed in the crater of a volcano, which although not technically extinct, has been dormant for about 10,000 years, and is not expected to erupt for a similar timespan. Once again the atmosphere was amazing, and as the night fell, that atmosphere was enhanced by hundreds of candles floating on the lake. We had been told that there would be fireworks after the concert, but were not aware that this was to happen as the last chord of the last song faded away, and that they would flare up right in front of us at the front of the stage. I can report that two thirds of the KS took this in their stride, but the other third reacted rather more actively.Today we have the first of five orchestral Great American Songbook shows with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the baton of Frank Strobel. The first two are part of the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival – always a sign that summer’s arrived – then it’s off to Amsterdam, Wiesbaden and Grafenegg; not a bad way to end a season.
Where is this year going? Next week we will give the last concert of our 2014/15 season at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, and will start our summer break. In the meantime we have some great concerts to look forward to in Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. In the last couple of days we had two outside concerts, and I’m glad to report that the weather co-operated beautifully for both. On Friday we returned to the beautiful town of Cervo to sing in the church square overlooking the Mediterranean. Last time we came to the festival we were washed out by torrential rain, which only allowed us to sing a couple of bonus songs to the people who hadn’t received the news that the concert was cancelled, and had turned up in the hope that it would be going ahead. Instead, we returned a few months later to give a concert in nearby Imperia, safely indoors, and my memory of that evening is mainly of the amazing dinner in the choir house of a local men’s voices ensemble, where we sat down to eat the first of many courses well after midnight. This time all went according to plan.The following night we were once again performing outside, this time on a stage by the side of a lake in Daun, in Germany’s Vulkaneifel region. The lake is formed in the crater of a volcano, which although not technically extinct, has been dormant for about 10,000 years, and is not expected to erupt for a similar timespan. Once again the atmosphere was amazing, and as the night fell, that atmosphere was enhanced by hundreds of candles floating on the lake. We had been told that there would be fireworks after the concert, but were not aware that this was to happen as the last chord of the last song faded away, and that they would flare up right in front of us at the front of the stage. I can report that two thirds of the KS took this in their stride, but the other third reacted rather more actively.Today we have the first of five orchestral Great American Songbook shows with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the baton of Frank Strobel. The first two are part of the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival – always a sign that summer’s arrived – then it’s off to Amsterdam, Wiesbaden and Grafenegg; not a bad way to end a season.
