7d
AHHHH BACH... FOR CHRISTMAS! (for my pal Al)
the church orchestra
search around for an
E sharp
the conductor blows his nose.
but as an oboe player points out:
'That's in F sharp! '
they laugh
the singer
starts singing
words like
stepping across ice
as it cracks:
'In the beginning
was the Word
and the Word was
...lilac! '
yet more
laughter
the stained glass
listens to this
musical tomfoolery
as they practice
their perfection
& the rehearsals drag on
tonight it will be
nothing but
Holy
a pagan tree
cowers in a corner
all Christmassy
a church hanging
proclaiming: 'Praise him
hail and lightning! '
as we two
lost souls
delight
in the music
of being
...human!
*
Up to York on an old fashioned cho choo and not being able to make the concert but they invited us into rehearsal as they worked their way through all the ins and outs of it all...they were just so relaxed and having fun...playing off each other with great good humour. This was so playful and I bet by the time the real performance came around they were nothing but HOLY in big bold capital letters. But here now they were just a bunch of humans having fun and their own talent with a great big bunch of laughter thrown in for good measure. It was wonderful to experience them....an unforgettable joy!
the church orchestra
search around for an
E sharp
the conductor blows his nose.
but as an oboe player points out:
'That's in F sharp! '
they laugh
the singer
starts singing
words like
stepping across ice
as it cracks:
'In the beginning
was the Word
and the Word was
...lilac! '
yet more
laughter
the stained glass
listens to this
musical tomfoolery
as they practice
their perfection
& the rehearsals drag on
tonight it will be
nothing but
Holy
a pagan tree
cowers in a corner
all Christmassy
a church hanging
proclaiming: 'Praise him
hail and lightning! '
as we two
lost souls
delight
in the music
of being
...human!
*
Up to York on an old fashioned cho choo and not being able to make the concert but they invited us into rehearsal as they worked their way through all the ins and outs of it all...they were just so relaxed and having fun...playing off each other with great good humour. This was so playful and I bet by the time the real performance came around they were nothing but HOLY in big bold capital letters. But here now they were just a bunch of humans having fun and their own talent with a great big bunch of laughter thrown in for good measure. It was wonderful to experience them....an unforgettable joy!
