Chris, Paul Jr. and I had our (ASU Choral Union) holiday concert held at ASU's Gammage Auditorium on Sunday, December 2. We performed two sets of music: five of the choruses from Haydn's "Creation," and three pieces by John Williams from the movie, "Home Alone." The Haydn pieces were delightful. The "Home Alone" pieces were not our favorites. Performed per usual with the ASU Symphony Orchestra - neat. Patricia and I had dinner after at Carlsbad Tavern with Linda, Ray, Paul, Nedda.
We had a second performance at Camelback Bible Church on the evening of Monday, December 3; just performed the "Home Alone" stuff (with piano accompaniment instead of the symphony), and one of the Creation choruses (performed with four of the other ASU choruses so the sound was different/nice). Patricia and I had dinner with Chris at Chelsea's Kitchen after.
I missed the Saturday rehearsal with the orchestra. Patricia called from the side of the 51 freeway, just a bit north of the Northern Avenue exit - had a front-wheel blowout. So I drove there and we eventually got the tires taken care of. Which took some time but was sort of fun by the time we were finished.
By the way, it turns out that the "Creation" oratorio was considered one of Haydn's major works. There is some interesting info available by clicking here. Apparently the premiere was highly anticipated, and special crowd control measures were needed. Lawsuits were threatened over ownership rights, translation, etc. This all happened in the late 1790s but sounds quite modern indeed.
Photo is from the ASU website; perhaps you can recognize one of our performers if you click to enlarge. "Creation" selections below.
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