Getting pumped 💪 #Beethoven #SymphonyNo9 #OdeToJoy

Well, the first combined-chorus rehearsal in the performance space (Cary Hall in Lex) went better than I expected!

Because of the size of the orchestra and chorus, a lot of us are really far from the conductor, but people were actually staying with him. Will be quite different with the orchestra of course!

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Now some sopranos are going to come out of the woodwork and tell me "oh, boo hoo. Look at *our* part".

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Sorry, Beethoven, but writing a high F for the basses was just cruel.

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