We had a mini-concert tonight, three pieces in a music department showcase they do every fall for Parents' Weekend on campus. Our first song was in Italian, and I found myself thinking of a friend who is of Italian descent and has the ability to make any foreign language sound like Italian. It's hilarious. My favorite was his impression of The Count from Sesame Street, sounding like an Italian trying to sound (like an American trying to sound) Transylvanian or something. You probably had to be there. He makes incredible Italian food, too, and cheesecake, which is not exactly Italian, or is it? Also, his wife makes the best chocolate bread pudding in the history of ever.
The concert went pretty darn well. Wow. That second song (in Latin) went much better than I thought it would from our rehearsals, but I think in a month when we have our Christmas concert, it could actually be breathtaking, like people in the audience might stop breathing during the pianissimo parts because they want to make sure they hear it all. Then again, I think the chamber music concert hall we performed it in today may have actually been the best acoustic for it, so we'll see how it fares in the muddled reverb of a cathedral. There weren't a ton of people at the concert, but those who were there will have a lovely memory of "Lux Aurumque". Pretty.
Excuse me while my eyes roll back in my head as I remember how lovely it was to be a part of that sound . . .
Ever had any fun with accents/other languages?
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My voice teacher had me singing in both Italian and Latin in high school, and now I can't remember which c's are pronounced which way.
ReplyDeleteMy British housemate in Oxford tried to sound like he had an American accent, and the result was a really weird almost-Southern drawl. I told him he'd be better off trying for a Boston accent...
Tirimisu is kind of like cheesecake, and is pretty darn Italian... wish I could come to your concerts.