Such was the elegant phrasing of Maestro Boy after last night's rather brilliant concert at St Giles. Man, it is fun and scary singing in that place. A great audience, amazing acoustic - in fact the delight of the evening was tempered only by the ladies' loos which have the worst lighting of anywhere this side of Christendom. It isn't very encouraging to go into a performance knowing that in a certain light you like like a dead version of ET with dark shadows around the eyes. I bet the Scottish Chamber doesn't have to put up with this. Yet, for all that, I for one enjoyed every second of the concert... although I did have one of those shaky hand moments after In Dulci Jubilo and going into Noel Nouvelet. I could barely hold my folder but hopefully no one noticed too much. I tell you what, Jen sounded bloomin' marvellous :-)
If you have missed us so far, think about traveling out to Longformacus this Saturday night. You'll be guaranteed a lovely evening in a seriously gorge part of the world... and probably a mince pie too! And you get to see the stars in all their glory without all those pesky street lights. Ah.
Anyways, hopefully you all have the new CD or will be giving it as a gift this festive season - there are just so many reasons to do so! It is easy to wrap (being square and stuff), easy to carry on a train and easy to listen to (except for the Tormis which is an effort but like all the best music, is worthwhile).
So long until after Saturday - man, you'll be getting bored of me!
CSW
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