Monday, October 19, 2009
Claire 2's notes, October 14th
Arno warmed us up with an order to relax and then a song about an unpronouncable white-footed sheep.
Two new Christmas songs:
Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Don't sing too loudly at the beginning - we are all singing together in unison and it will come across as louder than it is - if you see what I mean.
Jenny will sing with tenors in high bits.
Tenors you have a tricky last bar on the first page - try to remember the F# from the bars before where you sing it a lot. And watch out for the D in this bar too. Then on the second page the first note of the 2nd stanza is the same as the last note of the bar before (bar 28). Does that make sense?
Bar 32 - less weight on the top notes here (Sop 1s!!!!) and come off the 'gaude's in quite a clipped fashion. Watch Ollie.
All - bar 51 - again, come off the 'Gaude's quite quickly - watch Ollie.
Page four, bar 44 soprano 2 will sing alto part, altos will sing Tenor 1 line (an octave down from what is written), tenors will sing
Tenor II. Claire 1 will sing Soprano 1.
Bar 47 - 'Dirasque' change the vowel sound of the 'dee' by bringing it forward and having a wide mouth. It should be mf.
Bar 59 Altos stop singing....this line is now a tenor solo (Robin) (lovely). I think this is where Jenny joins the girls again - she is not 'manny' enough apparently - which I daresay is a relief.
Bar 71 (page 6) sopranos only on top line. Altos don't sing again until up-beat into bar 78 then sing tenor 1 line again to end. This gets very low at the end - don't worry if you can't manage it, the tenors are singing the same notes here.
Top basses, watch out for your 'Dirasque' at the bottom of page 4 - it is tricky. I have no note of a solution for you. Sorry.
Tenors have the melody here so everyone else keep an ear out for balance - we need to be able to hear them.
Bars 49, 50, 51 (page 5) - try not to breathe between 'tenebras' and 'Gaude'. We need to build up to a good f here and keep the crescendo smooth.
Bar 55, altos and tenors - do not put the 's' on the end of the 'Is' and decrescendo on this last note so it fades away gently.
Page 7 - no scooping on the 'Gaude's. Keep well supported - it is supposed to be p but we don't want 'fluffy' singing.
Pronunciation - Eemaanooel, please, not Imanyooel and Is_rah_el (which sounds more like Isrye-el) not Isray-el. This is important as it is very obvious if the vowel sounds are different (and ugly). Not everyone gets it right so I think we should all really listen to ourselves - even if we think we are perfect - just to make sure.
Coventry Carol
Hardly anything to say here - we got along with it quite well.
I think the tenors have to watch out for F naturals and make sure they are very accurate - but which ones where, I can't say. Take note of them all, chaps.
The verses of this will probably be performed as trios with everyone singing the first and third pages.
Elaine said thank you for the Falkland concert which was very well received - and we said thank you to her for arranging it.
Anyone with travel expenses from the trip, please see Anne for reimbursement.
Concert promotion needs to be got underway. Chris is to produce flyers for early November and Douglas, tickets for the same time. The rest of us need to set about begging and bribing friends and relations to come listen!!!
Two new Christmas songs:
Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Don't sing too loudly at the beginning - we are all singing together in unison and it will come across as louder than it is - if you see what I mean.
Jenny will sing with tenors in high bits.
Tenors you have a tricky last bar on the first page - try to remember the F# from the bars before where you sing it a lot. And watch out for the D in this bar too. Then on the second page the first note of the 2nd stanza is the same as the last note of the bar before (bar 28). Does that make sense?
Bar 32 - less weight on the top notes here (Sop 1s!!!!) and come off the 'gaude's in quite a clipped fashion. Watch Ollie.
All - bar 51 - again, come off the 'Gaude's quite quickly - watch Ollie.
Page four, bar 44 soprano 2 will sing alto part, altos will sing Tenor 1 line (an octave down from what is written), tenors will sing
Tenor II. Claire 1 will sing Soprano 1.
Bar 47 - 'Dirasque' change the vowel sound of the 'dee' by bringing it forward and having a wide mouth. It should be mf.
Bar 59 Altos stop singing....this line is now a tenor solo (Robin) (lovely). I think this is where Jenny joins the girls again - she is not 'manny' enough apparently - which I daresay is a relief.
Bar 71 (page 6) sopranos only on top line. Altos don't sing again until up-beat into bar 78 then sing tenor 1 line again to end. This gets very low at the end - don't worry if you can't manage it, the tenors are singing the same notes here.
Top basses, watch out for your 'Dirasque' at the bottom of page 4 - it is tricky. I have no note of a solution for you. Sorry.
Tenors have the melody here so everyone else keep an ear out for balance - we need to be able to hear them.
Bars 49, 50, 51 (page 5) - try not to breathe between 'tenebras' and 'Gaude'. We need to build up to a good f here and keep the crescendo smooth.
Bar 55, altos and tenors - do not put the 's' on the end of the 'Is' and decrescendo on this last note so it fades away gently.
Page 7 - no scooping on the 'Gaude's. Keep well supported - it is supposed to be p but we don't want 'fluffy' singing.
Pronunciation - Eemaanooel, please, not Imanyooel and Is_rah_el (which sounds more like Isrye-el) not Isray-el. This is important as it is very obvious if the vowel sounds are different (and ugly). Not everyone gets it right so I think we should all really listen to ourselves - even if we think we are perfect - just to make sure.
Coventry Carol
Hardly anything to say here - we got along with it quite well.
I think the tenors have to watch out for F naturals and make sure they are very accurate - but which ones where, I can't say. Take note of them all, chaps.
The verses of this will probably be performed as trios with everyone singing the first and third pages.
Elaine said thank you for the Falkland concert which was very well received - and we said thank you to her for arranging it.
Anyone with travel expenses from the trip, please see Anne for reimbursement.
Concert promotion needs to be got underway. Chris is to produce flyers for early November and Douglas, tickets for the same time. The rest of us need to set about begging and bribing friends and relations to come listen!!!
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