July 10
Today was a music day. We had an early rehearsal on our own at the Mozarteum. What an amazing place to sing in. The acoustics were really nice and once again lots of gold mouldings. We had an early lunch where the welcome dinner was held last night and then it was back to the Mozarteum for the joint rehearsal. The orchestra played on stage and all the choirs sang from their seats.
We had a nice break from the music mid afternoon ....we went shopping, our favourite pastime. Dinner and quick change into formal uniform and we were on our way back to the Mozarteum for the evening concert. All the choirs sang for 12 minutes on their own and the concert began and ended with the joint pieces.
We listened to choirs from Russia, Austria, USA. Some were youth choirs and some adult choirs. It was a wonderful mix. The concert finished with the orchestra playing and all the choirs singing the Hallelujah Chorus. The concert lasted over three hours so now we must quickly get to bed as we have another concert at 10:00am tomorrow.
Three more sleeps and we'll be home.
