I have been busy with the Early Music Festival, although
this year I am not taking classes. Tuesday evening they had a concert put on by
various faculty members in the Lutheran Cathedral of the Midwest, which is
where I sang for many years in the choir. It was a beautiful space for music
that was originally sung in the Marienkirke, the Lutheran church in Lubeck.
(Though of course the church was built to be a Catholic one.) Then yesterday
there was a “fringe” concert that was not part of the official festival but was
based on the same theme: Lubeck. The second half of the concert was all
Buxtehude, and the first half was all pieces that were found in the Marienkirke
library. It was also in a church, the Presbyterian chapel on campus, and
afterwards there was a marzipan reception because the organizer and viola
player had first had marzipan in Lubeck. While the performers were not the
professionals at the official festival concerts, they were also really, really
good. They performed one piece that I have on a CD, and they were just as good
as the performers on the CD. We are so lucky that in this town we have such a
vibrant early music scene.
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