Baroque Music at Rubrechtskirche

Today was pretty uneventful....class, then a 3-hour nap, and then I met Mike and Kate at Rubrechtskirche to see a baroque music concert. It was really good....the ensemble was called "Pygmalion", and was tranverse flute, baroque oboe, baroque cello, and harpsichord. The concert consisted mostly of trio sonatas, with pieces by Telemann, Schaffrath, Quantz, and Fux. It was really, really good....the Ruprechtskirche a romanesque church in the Stephansdom Quarter, and since it's really just a box, it has excellent acoustics. It was a lot of fun! It was kind of expensive (€11 for students) but it was well worth it. The players had really good ensemble technique, and the harpsichord player was out of this world! (he's originally from South Africa, and started taking organ lessons at age 9.....most of his bio was for organ; I suppose that if you can do one the skills transfer to the other...) Like I said, tons of fun. I had a bit of trouble finding the church, but luckily I had left plenty early. I went home after the concert, cooked a humble dinner of spaghetti and olive oil, and had a good time chatting it up with all the other IES students who were inexplicably hanging out in our little foyette, as I choose to call it.

Other than the concert, nothing spectacular happened.....I'm really nervous about the audition tomorrow, because apparently it's held in a big room with everyone watching everyone. AHH!!!! Oh well, I think it'll be fine. I think Mike and I are the only male vocalists....at least I haven't met any others. I practiced today after my nap....I sounded OK, but the practice rooms also have ridiculously good acoustics, which isn't necessarily helpful when you're trying to gauge how you sound. ::sigh:: Well, I mustn't worry.....maybe I won't even have to sing in the masterclass proper if I play my cards right.

Tomorrow....not much else scheduled, except the auditions. I was going to go to the organ concert in Stephansdom, but what with the sizable length of the Audition...Experience......it looks like I may not have time. We'll see. Bis später!