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November 18, 2007
Reflections on Tonight's Concert
What a joy it was to sing with Waltham Abbey tonight. The whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity, and to have done it with good friends.
Here's a favorite quote from Peter Sellars, which seems particularly appropriate.
"Vocal music is an attempt to take the whole human being and project it into space. It is the ultimate gesture of getting out of yourself. You take a part of you that is most private, most personal, most inward, and you hurl it out into space - you project it as far as you can. That gesture of opening the whole body results in an enormous spiritual release, and is felt by other people with tremendous impact."
Posted by hgroteva at November 18, 2007 11:31 PM | Choral Music