In Anticipation

Papa John and Mama Tracy arrive in the DC area in T minus 4 days.  I talked them into coming out for my first concert performance for the National Philharmonic Chorale.  This Saturday we're performing Mahler's 2nd Symphony, called "Auferstehung" or "The Resurrection."  I am waiting in anticipation for this concert, because it is going to be...incredible. 

I auditioned for the chorale without really knowing what I was getting myself into and I am so grateful that I followed through with the idea.  In the many choirs I've sang in, I never sang whole movements of classical music.  We might have picked out one or two pieces to sing from a symphony or set, but we never sang a work in its entirety.  I think I might have been gypped in my choral experiences.  Perhaps we didn't always have the money for the necessary orchestral accompanists, but I wish we would have tried harder to make it work. 

For now I am in love with Mahler's Symphony No.2.  I can only imagine how different my life would be if I had heard it sooner.  Okay, probably not that different, but perhaps more edified.  A friend gave me a burned copy of the music and I have listened to that CD almost everyday.  The words carry such a powerful message and they are written so well into the music.  Though the lyrics are in German, the music itself is able to carry the meaning to the listeners.  By the end of the piece you feel like you're being carried into heaven. 

Listen to it. Read the text.  Love it.  "Prepare yourself to live!"

I'm also waiting in anticipation for...lab results.  T minus 3 days.  They're not for me and I'd rather not share whom they're for, but it's kind of a big deal.  I know this will sound dramatic, but I know these results will impact the rest of my life.  I've tried not to think about it too much over the last several months, but now that we're so close to knowing, the potential results are occupying more of my thoughts.  I'm praying for miracles in modern medicine. 

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