A busy day of holiday fun for us. We saw a afternoon concert at City Hall. It was the Queensland Choir singing Handel's Messiah. Wowzers! This was a spectacular performance by 132 person choir, four vocal soloists and a 24 person orchestra. The introduction was a bit long winded but we learned that they started practice with 150 folks in the choir. That first practice turned out to be a covid super spreader event. Only 67 people were able to return the following week, but not the conductor who was sick. They had invited the public to practice with the choir and we thought that would have been fun. Good thing we didn't, we want to spread the love not spread the bug. Before we went over to the concert we hit the gym and then saw some sort of rally or protest off in the distance. The concert was supposed to start at 2:45 but that was just a suggestion, as people were filtering in even after 3:00. We were sitting near the end of the row and after getting up a half dozen times we just got out of the isle until everyone in the isle was seated. Once the concert got started we were in for a great show! The volume of the entire choir, when they belted it out, was hair raising. What fun! There were 53 movements organized into three parts. The whole concert lasted almost three hours. We meandered around the pedestrian mall after the concert and soaked up all the Christmas cheer.
This was too far away to determine what it was about but we suspect another protest against the Islamic regime in Iran
150 Years to the day since they sang their first concert
We got here early, once again
It is a grand stage
The top of the dome
We counted multiple times and settled on 132 singers in the choir
They brought the house lights up so people could follow along in the program
Take a bow
Belting it out!
The scooters were all lined up
We sat in the balcony to get the comfy seats
A packed house
The harpsichord player was called in last minute due to a covid infection of the original player
The bigger strings
The smaller strings
Out in the mall we saw so much Christmas cheer
Roller skating packages
For being so tall, they have tiny feet
The "Brass is Half Empty" band
We loved the horns
Trombone and antlers
We tossed a few coins into the hat
Big balls
We stopped into the tea shop for some big tea bags
Christmas Overload!
