Menonday Musical Moment

I mentioned in last Thursday's catchup post that I had recently spent some time with Mac1 in Edinburgh. Apart from spending time in her garden (and with some 'visitors'—keep watching for the nature posts!), the main impetus for the trip there was to attend the annual charity concert of the choir of which she is a member. St Margaret's Singers arose out of their school choir. I have been privileged to have occasionally sat in on their rehearsal sessions, and I know how hard they work for their beloved, long-term choirmaster, John Cranston. 

It was wonderful! I did manage one sneaky photo with Mac1 at the left (she is an alto - almost tenor!). The Reid Memorial is a fantastic building - my one and only issue was that it is so tall that it tended to swallow their sound a bit. I think that will not be so obvious in the recording due to microphones. 

I did wonder how I might let you hear the choir... but this has been resolved by the fact that it was recorded and is to become available to listen to HERE. It was a varied and exciting program. (The organ interludes would not normally be part of their repertoire; however, the Reid Memorial has only just become their new home due to Craigmillar, the long-time base, having been sold off to private developers... and it came with the resident organist there for whom it was felt some space needed to be made. You can be forgiven for skipping those bits! I have heard this work performed in the Sydney Opera House, believe it or not - and it was singularly better than this, sad to say.) 

At the time of posting this, a couple of weeks later, the recording is still not up on that link - however, others are, and you can explore the choir's repertoire through them - if, that is, you appreciate choral singing! I know it's not everyone's cuppa.