Alamire Serenades Memphis

This past Sunday, the world renowned European a capella group Alamire gave a beautiful performance at St. Peter's Cathedral in downtown Memphis, TN. The Rhodes Singers and Women’s Chorus had a true honor in taking part in the concert. The majority of the concert was sung by Alamire but we joined them on a song or two which I thought was quite an honor. The focused a lot on music that was centuries old and dated way back to the medieval period. One example was Josquin Des Prez's song Ave Maria...Virgo Serena. Unfortunately I know this song a little bit too well having studied it intensely in one of my music classes. It was, however, rather exciting to hear a piece that I know so much about performed especially by such an incredibly talented a group. Another fantastic part of the performance was the venue which was chosen for it, St. Peter's Cathedral. St. Peter's Cathedral is not only an extremely beautiful church but the acoustics inside the building are beyond amazing. The echo that resonates off the walls is truly remarkable and made the concert all the more enjoyable. I am so glad that they decided to come and perform for us in Memphis as part of their first ever American tour. I really hope they come back again soon too. This summer when I go to LONDON (WHICH I AM RIDICULOUSLY EXCITED ABOUT) I am going to make it my business to find out if there is any possibility for me to go and see another concert of theirs because they are in a word AMAZING.