Back to Work

We are back to work with a vengeance this week. As I predicted, we now suddenly realise that we have only one week to Vienna and the Big Kahuna is not happy with our preparations. Refreshed by his week off, he projected a lot of energy and got everyone going strong.
The travel section, Annette and Deirdre, a formidable combination, are putting the final touches to the Vienna Campaign. We are now getting itineraries, programmes, lists in abundence. All very efficient and impressive. Looks like it will be a great trip
Above, by the way, is our Soprano section, well, part of it, at least. I finally managed to get some of them to stand still for a picture in a group. This was difficult as they are a notoriously shy and nervous bunch and are liable to spook at the slightest sound or sudden movement. I may have to resort to stalking methods to get the lot of them

our repertoire

Enniscorthy Choir
Here is a list of all our songs in alphabetical order. It might be of some use to the people like me who have great difficulty in picking out the correct sheet when called for. The numbers indicate roughlythe order in which we learned them.

A MAIDEN MOST GENTLE
42
AINT GONNA STUDY WAR NO MORE
20
ALLIN AN APRIL EVENING
24
ALTA TRINITA BEATA
112
ANGEL GABRIAL
45
AUTUMN LEAVES
99
AVE MARIA STRAVINSKY
87
AVE MARIA VICTORIA
19
AVE MARIA VIRGO SERENA DEPREZ
115
AVE MARIS STELLA
77
AVE VERUM BYRD
95
AVE VERUM DE REGGE
96
AVE VERUM MOZART
28
AWAY IN A MANGER
7
AYA NGENA
94
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
70
BATTLE OF JERICO
86
BEATI ERITIS
30
BEATI QUORUM VIA
39
BEIDH AONAC AMARACH
108
BLUE MOON
98
BOGARO DZETSE
74
BOOLAVOGUE
49
BOYS OF WEXFORD
51
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS
38
COVENTRY CAROL
11
DECK THE HALLS
9
DEEP RIVER
2
DERRY AIR
25
DIE NACHTIGALL
54
DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH
10
DIXIT MARIA
55
DOWN TO THE RIVER
92
ELENOR RIGBY
91
ENNISCORTHY CAROL
81
EVRY TIME I FEEL THE SPIRIT
31
FAIR PHYLLIS
76
GABONA
105
GAUDETE
23
GLORIA GLORIA
48
GREGORIAN CHANT
58
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANON
36
HARK HOW THE BELLS
79
HARK THE HERALD ANGEL
59
HEBREW SLAVES CHORU VERDI
69
HEILIG HEILIG LEILIG
17
HOLIEST OF NIGHTS
80
HURON CAROL
118
ID LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING
27
IF I HAD A HAMMER
21
IF YE LOVE ME
5
IL BIANCO E DOLCE CIGNO ARCADELT
22
IL EST BEL ET BON
90
IM GONNA SING
73
IN DULCI JUBILO
82
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
13
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
85
INFANT HOLY INFANT LOWLY
44
IRISH BLESSING
65
JESUS CHRIST THR APPLE TREE
12
JINGLE BELLS
103
JOSEPH AND THE ANGEL
71
KYRIE ELAISON
47
LETZES GLUCK
16
LINDEN LEA
6
LOCK LOMOND
26
LONG AND WINDING ROAD
102
LUIREACH PARRAIC
84
MATONA MIA CARO
89
MEMORIES
33
MEMORY OF THE DEAD
52
MONTH OF MAYING
64
MUIRE NA NGRAS
72
MULL OF KINTIRE
34
NAPADLY PISNE
100
NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE IVE SEEN
88
O QUAM GLORIOSAM
37
O SACRUM CONVIVUM VIADANA
114
O VOS OMNES
56
OH COME ALL YE FAITHFULL
63
OH HOLY NIGHT
14
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVIDS CITY
101
PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND
68
RHYTHM OF LIFE
66
RISING OF THE MOON
50
SALVE REGINA
41
SANCTUS CLEMENS NON PAPA
107
SANS DAY CAROL
43
SCARBORO FAIR
29
SHENANDOAH
1
SICUT CERVIS
75
SIGNORE DELLA CIME
111
SILENT NIGHT
60
SINGALONG BY ELAINE
35
SIYA HAMBA
62
SONGS OF AFRICA
40
SOON I WILL BE DONE
104
STREETS OF LAREDO
32
SUANTRAI
15
SUSANNA
57
TEA FOR TWO
110
THANK YOU FOR DE CHRISTMAS
93
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
116
THE LARK IN THE CLEAR AIR
4
THE LONG DAY CLOSES
83
THE SILVER SWAN
67
TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
8
UAIL GUT AN AOIBHNIS
97
VENI VENI EMMANUEL
46
VILIA OH VILIA
18
VIRGEM MARY HAD A BABY BOY
78
WEEP OH MINE EYES
113
WERE YOU THERE
3
WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN TERRY
117
WHEN THE SAINTS
53
WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE
109
ZITHER CAROL
61
106

Rehearsal in the Music Room

The Altos ( or some of them ) resting during the rehearsal to-night afterr giving their all in the Huron Carol. We had a very relaxed and enjoyable session with everyone doing their best and the Boss ( that's him in the background, talking to Annette) being very nice to us. A pleasant change. Even the Basses got away without the usual flogging. I must try and find out what he is on. We got thru a lot of work and sang many of the songs we will be doing in Vienna and here at Christmas.

Greetings to the overseas branch in the Canaries and best wishes for a speedy recovery to our Chairman who is hors de combat tonight.

Enniscorthy Choir

Mid Term Break

We are now back from our mid term break and ready and willing for more rehearsals. At some time soon someone is going to say in panic-stricken tones " We only have three weeks to Vienna!" and then all hell will break loose.
Some members went to hear the National Concert Hall Choir singing in Rowe St Church as part of the Wexford festival. They are a professional group who come together occasionally as a choir and are superb. We could pick up a few tips from them. I noticed that almost all of them had tuning forks which they used ostentatiously during the singing. Real Class ! I think we should all get tuning forks. It would be a brave adjudicator who would question our pitch if we were all waving tuning forks at him.
I also noticed that they seemed to have a male alto as part of their line-up. And why not ?