Old planet, new music

Performed an Earth Day concert with the church choir. Everything we played was written in the last twenty years. Two pieces were written in the last year - one for this concert. A very modern concert, indeed.
It was an interesting juxtaposition of the church, a parish older than the country and a building over a hundred years old, and contemporary vocal and instrumental music. The acoustics are wonderful and the clashing chords soar in the high vaulted ceilings. You don't realize these things while you're singing (does one ever really notice much else besides the conductor waiving about???) but it hit me afterwards. It hit me, too, that three of the four composers performed were in the room, and two were singing with the choir. They ranged in age from 30s to possibly 70s. We may have performed one large work by a very famous composer, but it felt special to sing works by people who are not yet know for their talents, who may or may not become well known in the future. They definitely do it out of passion for music.

And this was Earth Day. Again we did Missa Gaia - Paul Winter and Jim Scott's Earth Mass. As my title says, we celebrated an old planet, and a little less than moderately old diety, with new music! And you know, somehow it seems that's exactly how it should be.