I've just come back from a wonderful weekend away of singing with my choir, The North London Chorus ("our next concert is April 8th", she added subtly). We have an amazing programme lined up for our next concert. But the bit I am really excited about is the piece we have commissioned for our June concert. I finally get to sing one of my favourite bits of texts:
My lover spoke and said to me,
"Arise, my darling,
My beautiful one, and come with me.
See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come.
The cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me."
I'd previously been in love with Healey Willan's arrangement of it, but I daresay I love this one even more, because it's an incredible arrangement (it's the fifth movement of a larger piece) and because it will be ours!
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