Rudsamblog

Welcome to our new Bass, Arno! Watch out boys, you're almost expendable now.

We had a quick Tourdion as part of the warmup but it wasn't nearly up to normal speed so it hardly counts...

O Magnum Mysterium (Lauridsen version)

Just to confuse you, I think the small group is looking at Victoria's O Magnum Mysterium. So try to pay attention, this is the Big one.

1. MAGNUM - Man-yoom not Mag-num
2. JACENTEM - Ja-chen-tem not Ja-sen-tem
3. CUJUS - Coo-yoos not Coo-juice. This isn't about milk.

Bar 37: Hold the note under the Sops.
Bar 45/46: don't pause here, the Basses are singing and you need to keep going
Think about the phrasing; e.g. the first line would naturally peak at 'o magnum mysTErium'.
Dynamics. "Remember those", as Ollie so deftly put it.

Dark-Eyed Sailor
Nothing noted, I think it was just a bit of a sing through it mostly...

The Lamb
No time signature;
Probably beat 3 crotchets in to start.
LIsten to this, especially the sections with the countermelody.

Notices
We'll get programmes for St Giles and Whithorn next week. There will be LOTS OF NEW MUSIC over the next few weeks, and there's no spare time between now and, well, next year, so you REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT YOUR MUSIC AT HOME.

Forthcoming concerts:

19 August - St Giles; 35-45mins
22 September - Whithorn; full concert (What are they, again?)
6 October - Juniper Green; Shortish, Scottish/;work songs etc
30 November - Mansfield Traquair thingie; UNCONFIRMED; 45mins(?) Jolly Scottish Songs. Eek!
7 December - Glasgow Cathedral; 5mins, and poss a little bit extra
8 December - Rosslyn; the usual Xmas stuff
15 December; Cranshaws UNCONFIRMED
16 December - St Giles; 35-45mins

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS COMING TO ANY OF THESE CONCERTS MAKE SURE ANNE KNOWS (and probably Ollie too)