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On Moira Perritt's invitation, we held our last meeting of this session at her house in Fintry. The rain poured down all the way but the temperature was up and the coming of summer was confirmed by the many swallows that darted in front of the car as we approached Moira's house. What an inspiring setting for our music,- beautiful views in every direction and a warm welcome as we were ushered in.Although our group of twenty filled the room we were still able to begin with some fine stretching and opening movements, led by Diana, to a vocalisation by the Swingles Singers of a melody by Bach.
From there on in, there was no stopping us as members one after the other, contributed poems and songs.
With everyone in good voice after that, and with our best Old Norse pronunciation, we returned to the Icelandic folk song about the coming of summer:
NÚ ER VETUR ÚR BÆ --- Icelandic folk song
Nú er vetur úr bæ ---- Now winter has left (the farm)
rann í sefgrænan sæ ---- Has run into the reed green sea
og þar sefur í djúpinu væra ---- And is sleeping there in the calm deep,
en sumarið blítt, ---- But (the) kindly summer
kemur fagurt og frítt ---- Comes, beautiful and mild
meður fjörgjafar ljósinu skæra. ---- Bestowing (the) energising bright light.
Tune, traditional. Text, Jónas Hallgrímsson.
Our call and response song, LOVE SOMEBODY YES I DO was a success as verse after verse was led with confidence, by a new person and spontaneous harmonies sprouted at the end of every chorus.
We ended the musical morning singing ASALAAM in four parts, the harmonies ringing to the rafters in the lovely room.
As Moira invited us to the buffet lunch, we were urged to feel free to spread ourselves around the house and we took full advantage enjoying the space, the views and the garden (when the rain subsided) as we ate and talked together.
This was a great ending to a good year, both musically and socially. This year has been hugely enjoyable for me thanks to the commitment, in every way, of all our members and I look forward to our next session, starting as last year, the second week in September: Tuesday 9th.
HAVE A GOOD SUMMER,
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