<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">agreed. We singers need challenges. Ergo, Latin, French, German, etc. with translations in the OOS.<div class="">We are up to it and not too old to learn. If we can sing in Estonian we can certainly sing in other languages too. After all, language is music!</div><div class="">love to all</div><div class="">Bronwyn<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 9, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Lindsay Wade via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" class="">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Susan Weber made a point today at coffee hour to express how much she enjoyed the anthem. Said it was "very moving." She also said she wished anthems in foreign languages be written up in program as it's hard to</div><div class="">get the full message of the piece in one reading from pulpet.</div><div class="">The intense am rehearsal was worth it!!!!</div><div class="">Lindsay</div><div class=""><br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class=""><br class="">On Feb 9, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Paula A.Gills via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" class="">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 14pt;" class=""><div class="">It was more than lovely and moving. Thank you. Paula</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><hr id="zwchr" class=""><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><b class="">From: </b>"Mhairi Paget via Choir" <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" class="">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">To: </b><a href="mailto:rcrileymusic@gmail.com" class="">rcrileymusic@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" class="">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent: </b>Sunday, February 9, 2020 3:47:48 PM<br class=""><b class="">Subject: </b>Re: [Choir] Muusika lives!<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;" data-mce-style="color: black; font: 10pt arial;" class=""><div style="" data-mce-style="color: black;" class=""><div id="yiv5710361035" style="" data-mce-style="" class=""><div style="" data-mce-style="" class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;" data-mce-style="font: 10pt arial; color: black;" class="">I received from a request for the translation of Musika from Amy Wales, which I supplied. She responded as follows:</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;" data-mce-style="font: 10pt arial; color: black;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;" data-mce-style="font: 10pt arial; color: black;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: #ffffff;" class="">"The choir's rendition of this song today was absolutely beautiful. It brought me to tears."</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: black;" class=""><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 13.3333px;" class=""><br class=""> </span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" data-mce-style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: black;" class=""><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 13.3333px;" class="">As some of you may know, Amy is facing a serious health issue, so it pleases me to feel that our hard work on this lovely piece may have brought her some comfort.<br class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> </span><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Mhairi<br clear="none" class=""> <br clear="none" class=""><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: black;" class="">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none" class=""> From: Richard Riley via Choir <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" class="">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>><br clear="none" class=""> To: Choir UCM <<a href="mailto:choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" class="">choir@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>><br clear="none" class=""> Sent: Sun, Feb 9, 2020 1:18 pm<br clear="none" class=""> Subject: [Choir] Muusika lives!<br clear="none" class=""> <br clear="none" class=""><div class="yiv5710361035yqt1022230284" id="yiv5710361035yqt52883"><div id="yiv5710361035" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I received two very heartfelt appreciations - one from Brian Predergast, and one from Paul Hartman - for your singing of Muusika this morning. Brian asked (in essence) what makes Estonian choral music so beautiful. Paul wept as he told me that listening to your singing this morning reminded him of going to Canterbury Cathedral.<div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">I deeply appreciate that you were able to elevate your singing of Muusika so that it was heard, I think, both as the composer, and all of us, intended. There is no limit to where you can take your listeners!</div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">Dick</div></div></div></div>Unitarian Church of Montpelier<br clear="none" class=""> Choir email list<br clear="none" class=""> unsubscribe at <a href="http://www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org/" class="">www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a><br clear="none" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="">Unitarian Church of Montpelier<br class="">Choir email list<br class="">unsubscribe at <a href="http://www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org/" class="">www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="">Unitarian Church of Montpelier</span><br class=""><span class="">Choir email list</span><br class=""><span class="">unsubscribe at <a href="http://www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org/" class="">www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a></span><br class=""></div></blockquote></div>Unitarian Church of Montpelier<br class="">Choir email list<br class="">unsubscribe at <a href="http://www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" class="">www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>