"What's that piece we've been working on? With lots of humming?"

... said Jamie.
"... The Humming Chorus?" said the choir.
"No, not *that* one..." said Jamie.

(It turned out he meant Mahler 3 his psalm from the a cappella concert, in case you're wondering... There weren't many Jamieisms tonight, but the funniest moment was when we were doing the Easter Hymn and he was trying to encourage rolled Rs. The noise he made was highly comical!)



(I don't usually take photos during rehearsals, but the ladies were all sent for a slightly early break while the men rehearsed the Verdi Soldiers' Chorus. They sounded so wonderful that I couldn't resist taking a photo!)

I didn't get as annoyed during tonight's rehearsal as I did during the last one. The main irritation was that, having sung with tenors on Saturday (who always rush) I was back to singing with altos (who always drag). And the latter is far more infuriating. (Well, to be fair, not ALL tenors rush and not ALL altos drag. But the majority of the people around me on Saturday and tonight fitted these stereotypes.)

Nothing else to say, actually, other than that we now know the running order for Sunday, so here's a repeat of the mp3 links in the correct order, this time including the two a cappella pieces.

Zadok the Priest (Handel) (6.8 MB)
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) (3.3 MB)
Dies Irae, from Requiem (Mozart) (2.2 MB)
Lacrimosa, from Requiem (Mozart) (4.1 MB)
Agnus Dei, from Requiem (Fauré) (6.6 MB)
Soldiers' Chorus (Verdi) (2.0 MB)
Humming Chorus, from Madame Butterfly (Puccini) (3.4 MB)
Easter Hymn, from Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) (6.2 MB)
O Fortuna, from Carmina Burana (Orff) (3.3 MB)
Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin (Wagner) (6.2 MB)
Wie lieblich, from German Requiem (Brahms) (8.0 MB)
Nunc Dimittis (Holst) (3.8 MB)
Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart) (4.0 MB)
Lord, thou hast been our refuge (Vaughan Willliams) (9.1 MB)
Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah (Handel) (4.5 MB)
Sanctus, from Requiem (Verdi) (2.8 MB)

Oh, and (totally unconnectedly) one thing I discovered yesterday - if you're a football fan, you might be interested in this BBC page, which lists all the music they use on football programmes.