Last night's rehearsal was the last before performance week. Our conductor seems very pleased. I love that we are doing so much work on the chorales, which are often neglected - they have important texts, and they're all different, and they deserve attention!

We took some of the choruses at a speed I call "bat out of hell." Not sure if they'll be quite that fast with orchestra, but it sure was fun to whiz through. We were done by 9:30 pm.

Next week is rehearsal with the orchestra on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, then the full dress rehearsal on Saturday morning, then the performance on Sunday afternoon.

If you're in the Philadelphia area, let me know, and I can hook you up with ticket information.