by Pa Rock
Tourist
Members of our group attended the weekly rehearsal of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir last night, a free affair that is open to members of the general public. Rehearsals are held in the Tabernacle, a smaller venue than the 21,000-seat auditorium at the Visitor's Center where the choir also performs. Both venues have massive pipe organs which back-up the world famous choir.
Last night's rehearsal featured the entire choir - in street clothes - as well as a full orchestra - also in street clothes. It was an actual rehearsal with the conductor leading the performers in fits and starts until they mastered each piece to his demanding satisfaction. I didn't get an accurate count, but a good guess would be that there were seventy-five or so people performing in the orchestra on the floor of the stage, and a choir of three-to-four-hundred up higher along the wall and in front of the pipe organ.
The music was angelic.
After an hour or so of rehearsal, the conductor turned and talked directly to the audience. He introduced one dignitary in the audience - the Philippine ambassador to the United States - and two singers from Europe who were sitting with the choir. The conductor invited people to come back to the Tabernacle on Sunday morning to attend the Choir's weekly radio broadcast, a thirty-minute program that has been on the air for over ninety years.
Beautiful music, beautiful weather, and a beautiful evening in Salt Lake City!
Tourist
Members of our group attended the weekly rehearsal of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir last night, a free affair that is open to members of the general public. Rehearsals are held in the Tabernacle, a smaller venue than the 21,000-seat auditorium at the Visitor's Center where the choir also performs. Both venues have massive pipe organs which back-up the world famous choir.
Last night's rehearsal featured the entire choir - in street clothes - as well as a full orchestra - also in street clothes. It was an actual rehearsal with the conductor leading the performers in fits and starts until they mastered each piece to his demanding satisfaction. I didn't get an accurate count, but a good guess would be that there were seventy-five or so people performing in the orchestra on the floor of the stage, and a choir of three-to-four-hundred up higher along the wall and in front of the pipe organ.
The music was angelic.
After an hour or so of rehearsal, the conductor turned and talked directly to the audience. He introduced one dignitary in the audience - the Philippine ambassador to the United States - and two singers from Europe who were sitting with the choir. The conductor invited people to come back to the Tabernacle on Sunday morning to attend the Choir's weekly radio broadcast, a thirty-minute program that has been on the air for over ninety years.
Beautiful music, beautiful weather, and a beautiful evening in Salt Lake City!
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