Rudsamblog

Did some pliés with Clare. Helen didn't do them. She was laughing at someone else's attempts. If she'd have uncrossed her legs and joined in, the new furbishings would have been spoiled with wee. Anyway, did some of our own pee pee pee ing and other cons(t)onants.

TROIS CHANSONS
Enunciate
Alto staccato
Support trills. Even if you just get the first two notes of trill sung with clarity would be good
DIEU - put tongue on alveolar and behind your teeth to get a good D
DON'T BREATHE between Dieu and Qui
SONGE - is an important word. It means dream.

HIDE AND SEEKED
Lots of looking up!
Basses - ba boom louder - think it's an A you boom on
AMAZING - well done!

KANARBIK - remember - no folders
Basses - don't be tentative with words. Put 'k's in more strong (sounded 10xs better when you did)
Bars 12-15 - will speed up
Bar 9,10 - Triplets will be beaten
Bar 13 - rhythm and first time someone sings ainult nen de pel poleb.
Remember the warm up. Get good consonants on those words

ON HILLI - no folders
Hummers - need to think mp/mf

GENERAL NOTE - we'll be holding folders under our arms rather than putting them on floor. You can stick a sticky thing on your folder so you can glance down to see what note you're starting on, how Ollie's beating us, the first word, and any other information you need so you don't have to open the folder between songs and are confident as to where you're moving.

CRUCIFIXUS
1st page - listen to last note of previous bar and don't let the notes sag. EVERYONE'S 3rd note should be sharp and supported. WRITE THIS ON YOUR COPY
2nd page- Enunciate - it'll help with the rhythm. Roll rrrrrrrr's, it's a good way to get the tone out. Pout like ducks on words such as 'est'.
On long 'u' vowels, change the 'u' to 'aw' as in raw on the moving crotchet. Make sure moving crotchet is supported and in tune.
3rd page - Sops descending 2 beat thing - don't be afraid. SING OUT
TUS and ET should be connected. STAGGER breathing. Don't break at end Bar 37
Be confident
Look up LOTS and throw energy of piece to the audience.

GREEN FURRY FOREST
Tenors - Don't be shy of minor 3rds
Entries - as in cloudburst with bell sounds
Read ahead for words
Look up lots. People don't need to look at copies if singing chords.
Ollie will direct when we take breathes and change notes etc. and you can sort of hear from the melody when to change notes or how long to hold onto chords.
It's not just a case of looking up. Try and convey what the piece is about to the audience, and fool them into thinking we know what we're singing about! Watch how AnnaLauren, Kay 1 and Kay 2 do it!!

BOGOFF - no folders
AWESOME! especially men's bit in middle
Bring out the - ARNO PENTI (????) [Arno suggests: "ARNO PENTI" = Arvo Pärty :-)] chord. I think it's a posh name for notes squished together. Can't see why it's named after our bass though - oh yes I can, think of Arno and the clashing of his fencing swords!
Phrase the middle bit with a slight decrescendo and crescendo in the middle of the middle bit.

That's all, apart from asking Claire 2 to let us know what to bring on Saturday - want me to do a food list? Connor tried to sleep in the tent last night but decided pretty quickly that the rain and wind was a bit scary. Jenny