It's getting colder

[wiseheart]

Right now it's 3°C outside. It seemed warmer from within because the weather was nice and sunny, so I almost left for choir practice with my lighter waistcoat. Fortunately, I told myself that I can always take off the thermal one if it proves too much - but I couldn't put on something else if the one I'm wearing doesn't prove enough. So I left wearing the thermal waistcoat and was grateful for my foresight. It was nice indeed but really chilly.

I still don't like our Christmas concert programme, even though I've got a small part of contralto solo in Coventry carol. The only piece I really really love is Panis Angelicus - that piece nearly makes me cry every single time. I miss German Christmas songs from our repertoire. Our school specifies in teaching German, so it would be only fitting, but for some reason our choir leader believes that German isn't a language fit for music. Eenie (who is also a German teacher) and I disagree but we don't make the decisions. Too bad; Maria durch ein Dornwald geht and Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen, for example, are stunning in multivocal version. :(

Anyway, not much else happened today. Mum had a visit from the physiotherapist lady, I decorated my Ingwerkracher and put them out onto the balcony, so that the icing can harden before I put them into boxes... and that was basically it.

Comments

[meathiel]

The Coventry Carol is beautiful as well, though.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

True, it is. But I prefer German Christmas songs. Probably because I grew up with them; or perhaps because I can actually pronounce German without professional help, while my English mainly exists in written form.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I am thoroughly tempted to stay inside the house with temperatures like these. It's autumn, or am I wrong?

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

It's sneaky when it looks warmer outside than it really is.

We haven't gotten to sing in German. :( Just english and latin.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

You must be getting the same polar (literally) blast that we are in the UK. It's bitter. I can't understand shunning German songs when the school teaches that subject. Also, unless a language relies heavily on inflexion (like Cantonese) I don't believe there is any reason to think it can't deal with music.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

According to the calendar, it's supposed to be...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I love singing in Latin. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Our choir leader is prejudiced against German for some reason.