We arrived in Amarillo Texas on Monday afternoon for our 5 city tour of Texas and Oklahoma. Tuesday was spent working in sections or individually in the morning, reviewing the fine points we've been working on for the past few weeks, followed by a group rehearsal in the afternoon. Today was our first pre-concert rehearsal at St.Andrew's Episcopal Church in Amarillo. It's a beautiful church with lovely acoustics - a pleasure to sing in. As we worked our way through the concert program, diving ever deeper into the expression of each piece, I was struck by how we will never reach the end of what a piece has to offer, or what we can bring to it to give it its most true interpretation. It makes me think of old works of art in European cathedrals or catacombs, layers of dust and grime and renovation piled on top of a masterpiece. Delicate and detailed work is required to peel back the layers without destroying the vision at the bottom. That's what we strive to do with these centuries of sacred music - the fine, detailed work to peel back the individual interpretations and restore the image to what the artist intended!
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