Tonight we listened to the Trinity choir rehearse and perform for evensong. This was probably my favorite evensong. Conducted by the same director as the Holst singers, I've seen him work twice now and I like his rehearsal style. I feel as though he works very efficiently and has a good feel for how the ensemble wants to work. He moved quickly with this group and commanded attention. His conducting gestures were also nice and clear. He conducts with his face and upper body and the choir responds to whatever intricacies he is asking for; though it's not always easy to see these from the audience I can surely hear nuance coming through. With the Trinity College choir he chose what seemed to be more contemporary pieces. It was so fun to hear a new sound from an evensong and their psalms were the most uniform and prayerful of any we have seen. I felt, after simply looking at these students, that the environment at Cambridge is a little bit more relaxed. Perhaps this is because we were in Oxford for evensong on the Sabbath but there were no boys in Trinity College. Just a group of talented college aged students. I liked that they moved from the choir stalls to stand around the piano and rehearse not spending too much time on any one section of the music. Simply put, this was exquisite.
-punting
-shopping in gentlemans shop for a bit
-roamed the market
-outdoor mall thing and jazz player
*scott got a bag
-sat on shore and watched punters go by
-ran to the evensong
-beautiful evensong at Trinity College with the polyphony conductor again
-came back and got tix for Venice and made plans for Brighton
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