I am looking forward to singing in the Verdi Requiem with the MSO choir this weekend, that is if my voice will return in time. I've tried tea, vitamin C, zinc, and the Netti Pot, and although I have a lot of energy, my throat is still raspy. I sound like an alto whose smoked for sixty years, instead of a 23 year-old soprano.
Aside from my cold, I am so excited for this concert. Tonight is the first rehearsal with the orchestra! What more is there to say, except that I hope people come! And of course this concert will draw a large crowd, because Verdi is a canonical classic with recognizable tunes. This music is new to me, however, and I am rediscovering why I love to sing in choir. Oh, the emotion, the drama, the chromaticism!
I can't help but to make fun of myself for enjoying this piece so much. How often do serious music students gush in excitement over seemingly stale, "Classical" music? I love this music because I can sing it and put it into a contemporary context for myself, basing my musical judgment not on the style or time period of the requiem, but on the music itself, living in the present. I don't claim to believe that Verdi's music "speaks for itself," but it speaks to me. If only I could speak this week....
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