Cherry Potts, Writer

Tag: Requiem

  • Requiem First Night!

    Well we’ve done the first performance, and we remembered when to sing quietly and went at it full throttle when it was required- at one point we were so loud I couldn’t hear what I was singing myself. From the depths of the choir you don’t get a clear picture of what the audience is…

  • Requiem First Night Approaches

    A friend of mine describes the Verdi Requiem as religion as high opera, and it certainly is full of drama and glorious tunes. You can watch a video of some of us singing the Dies Irae in protest at threatened cuts to the funding of our beloved Blackheath Halls here, and I promise we will…