It’s been a busy night tonight but I got to sing some of my favourite songs from this year’s selection.
The Classe Superieure had “At the Ball” by Tchaikovsky (in Russian) and “Five Eyes” by Armstrong Gibbs. Neither of them difficult technically but good ’storytelling’ songs. I got 85 marks (I think) which was joint second.
For the Voice and Piano, I did “The Choirmaster’s Burial” by Benjamin Britten. This has been a nightmare to rehearse as the piano and voice parts don’t seem to match at all at any point. I’ve been panicing about my entries and whether I’ve timed them right. Thankfully, everything came together tonight. I even managed some more characterisation in my voice to cover the different people in the story. I really, really enjoyed it and won with 87 points.
It must have been a hard class to judge as I was sandwiched in between Summertime and an Eva Cassidy version of Autumn Leaves together with a couple of other ‘classical’ songs. The singers were all strong so actually, it was a bit like a concert anyway and one I would’ve paid to go and hear, I think.
German Lieder tomorrow – Brahms’ “Wir Wandelten”
