Day 3 - Great progress

It's now the end of another busy day at the Saulheim Masterclass.  I have worked with each of the three ensembles and have taken a full session of everybody.   Some really good work has been done and I feel the Rollright piece is shaping up nicely.   We have now been through all of the music and I think everyone now knows their music.  It will probably be necessary to spend a bit more time with the trio, as they are the youngsters and the amateurs, but I have to say that they are very quick at picking it up; all they need is a bit more time to gain the confidence and I am sure they will do just that.

All participants are really engaged in the piece and are contributing to how the performance will be presented, which is exactly what I wanted.   They are also kind enough to say how much they are enjoying it, which is a relief.

Of the "extra" pieces, I have only been through the Agnus Dei with the ladies' quartet today - they are so keen on it, that that is the music they most wanted to do this morning.  By the time we had been through it, they were singing it beautifully.  Hopefully I will have time to go through the Kyrie with the trio tomorrow and the Sanctus with Nobiles too.

The evening ended with a concert by "Ensemble Wortart" from Dresden, whose programme consists of poetry, and music inspired by words and poetry.  I have to admit to leaving half-way through (German poetry being a little hard for a non-German speaker like me).   They were certainly very slick, but everything was through microphones and the choreography and speech was very "arty" - which will have meant more to German speakers!

Tomorrow is another day of individual sessions and a tutti hour led by me, so a good night's sleep is in order.

By the way, I'm sorry about the lack of photos, but I can't take photos and run sessions at the same time.  Sascha, the Nobiles manager has promised to email the photos he is taking, so I'll have some eventually.