Rudsamblog

Claire warmed us up on our backs. Never seen the basses from such an angle.

Bogoff
Mainly sung to warm our voices up, but we did some work on following Ollie's direction as there is a danger of being too familiar with this piece, and not remembering all the things we have worked on.

O Magnum
Make sure the beginning chords have a full, rounded sound with a slight push on the front of the note to ensure they sound definite.
Crisp 'c's on, for example, saCramentum and Cujus.
When altos have a moving, melodic line, they should make sure the vowel sounds are blended and nice - 'oo' (as in 'who')
Tenors should try and maintain strong tone when thy have a moving line, especially in sections of high range
Page 6 must be louder and more powerful, especially leading up to bar 46. Altos should cresc in bar 44 so their moving part can be heard.
If you move part on page 6, Ollie is happy for you to make your own sensible decision as to when to return to your own part.

Trees of the Field
This is going well.
The women are nicely soft during their accompaniment of 'Christmas' and 'Christian' but men who have the faster melody, should be louder and more definite.
Bars such as 11 and 20 will become bars of 6/8, rather than 9/8. We have already been singing in this way, but be sure to watch Ollie.
When returning to a bar of 6/8, as in bar 6, be sure to watch Ollie.
Before your part's solo section, do think about the note you are going to sing to avoid hesitation.
In bars 16 and 27, basses be sure to sing an f sharp, not natural.

Wassail (VW)
The tone throughout must be well-supported.
Tenors, sing out melody when you have it.
Altos, be sure to count and be in time with each other.
We'll probably take this slowly and do a bit of note-bashing on this next week to make sure we all know what we're doing.

Coventry
We'll be singing this a tone lower than written.
Jenny will sing tenor.
Don't breathe in bars 7 or 8, nor in bar 19, except for vs 3.
Do take a breath in bar 33.
Bar 24 - make the most of this clash.
Trio 1 (beautiful) sing vs1 &3: KAY, JENNY, JOHN
Trio 2 (loud) sing vs 2: ANNE, CHRIS, SEBASTIAN

O Quam
We need to count!

Deck the Hall
Only one HALL.
Page 4 is difficult, but Sops should follow tenors and altos should try and preempt downbeat.

Dormi Jesu
Beautiful
Remember to ding the 'd' of 'Dormi' at the start

Extra rehearsal:
Ollie will be available on Monday 30th Nov and Tues 1st Dec, at the Wexler's for extra rehearsals. More people can go to the Monday session so if you are trying to decide which to go to, you will probably find this one most useful.
On WED 2nd DEC there will be a rehearsal at PRIESTFIELD - many thanks to Anne who will lead this rehearsal.

Tickets:
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