Rudsamblog

Oliie wants a catsbum sound - rounded , full and supported. We go flat quickly so stand up straight and give a supported, not lazy sound.

Sing Quocumque instead of Quocunque (and Quam as Kwam) [thanks, Anne], and vowels should be very open. [For the record, quocumque is classical Latin, but quocunque is common in later Latin, as in Quocunque Jeceris Stabit, the motto of the Isle of Man].

SFOGAVA

Not done this since St Giles but it sounded really good with lots of drama and contrast. Keep the notes staccato with no slurs - we sang an Icelandic round with and without slurring to illustrate this.

DORMI, JESU

Entries should be more definite as we sometimes forget the beginning of phrases.

At the beginning of page 4 the basses should try to keep the B natural in their head.

This piece is very nice if we all look up and can enjoy the quiet bits.

LULLABY CAROL

This has 3 tricky bits which you should pay attention to.

Bar 42, Bars 52-59 (chromatic bits), and Bar 60 for the sopranos (B).

This is sounding good. As someone seeing this score for the first time it is ALL tricky!

MARGOT

Practice your quartets/Duos for next week.

Here they are

1 Alison / Natalie / Robin / John
3 Claire1 / Anne / Chris / Arno
5 Elaine / Anne / Robin / Angus
7 Helen (+Susan??) / Claire2 / Douglas / Sebastian (slow verse)
8 AnnaLauren / Jenny / Chris / Arno

The verse starts with

• 3 1/2 bars of lower [solo] parts, then
• 3 bars ALL CHOIR, then
• 3 bars of quartet upper parts only, then
• 2 1/2 bars of top 3 quartet parts,
• then ALL CHOIR [except basses, who don't get to sing until the refrain comes round again].

So the Quartet never sing with all 4 parts together....

# posted by rudsambass @ 3:05 pm