Music all the Livelong Day

Where else could I have such a music drenched day? It began at 6am with the Crystal Cathedral choir singing their anthem on TV, then on to my own choir and chime choir for both a rehearsal and the service with all the additional hymns and service music. I just have time to run home for a quick bite of lunch, then drive to Eastman's Kilbourn Hall for the Chorale's performance of the Bach b Minor Mass - listening to a CD of Horowitz playing Chopin and Liszt on the way there and back. The Mass is lovely, despite it being a student choir. I am never unmoved by Bach's choral music, and especially this piece sung live. I sing along softly. Good thing I am sitting in the last row as I can't help moving to the music. How can anyone sit still when the air is resplendent with praise to God in such glorious and memorable lines overlapping and ascending until you think you must have reached heaven! As soon as I reach home, I pick up Drew and head to Pearce for a praise concert of contemporary Christian music. What a change from the afternoon performance! It is still engaging, including every beat from salsa to rock. Psalms indeed. I drop Drew at home and proceed to Compline, hearing more CD music, and sink into a comfy pew, comforted by the warm glow of the candles and the soft low tones of the chanting. Sigh. Could a day be more filled with music? Music of every imaginable genre, format, style, and ensemble. How blessed am I to be able to partake of such a rich table of sound! Makes you want to sit up tall and sing. And that is just what I did, all the way home.