Rudsamblog

Less said about warm-up the better, don't you think. What a fuss about a few little numbers!!!!!! Oh-eh. (Work it out).

1. Lulling
Basses: when you go down to the low B watch the pitching; we need to hear the 5th.
Tenors: I think you have an F# G# F# somewhere - again, watch pitching, don't drop.
Sops: good, apparently. Well done girlies.
Altos: 5ths should be open and resonant - listen to each other. We'll do the pronounciation later and eventually sing this off-by-heart.
STBs: keep sound down so that altos' melody can be heard.
All: Baju = bah-you. Keep 2nd syllable soft. Don't turn it into an 'or'.

2. Cloudburst
We began with an explanation of what is supposed to happen at Bar 32.
Here it is, I hope:
Everybody except the Sops sticks on the chord from Bar 31, humming. The hum is held through the fermata which will be very long as the speaker will be doing his bit at this point (Hay que dormir......con las manos).
Sops have a melody through this, each singing at random speed with staggered entrances. Sing very quietly and don't go too fast - you are singing about being sleepy! Keep it steady and without much rhythm.
Once speaker has finished ATBs on to their 'hay que dormir con los ojos abiertos' (Bar 32) - hold the 'o' of abiertos through the next spoken lines. Sops as before. Watch Ollie for 's' on end of 'abiertos' after this 2nd long fermata.
ATBs take breaths where necessary during both fermatas but /dim /before a breath and /cresc/ back in so it sounds smooth.
Second speaky bit John wait a bit longer before speaking. Sops /dim/ then J come in when you feel like it! Watch Ollie for quavers to give you tempo.
Both times Ollie will give us a 4/4 bar once the speaking bit is finished. Watch. It will be 1,2,3 hay que....
John is the Speaker. He must practise his accent - but then, only Anna-Lauren is excused from this:
- the 'd' of dormir is soft, more of a 'th/d'
- the 'b' in abiertos vibrates slightly b/v (bumbly!)
- 'r's are rolled
So sort of: eye keh th/dormirr con loss ochos ab/vierrtos, eye keh sonyarr con loss manoss
en voss alta, keh cantarr hasta keh el cantoh etchay
Sort of! And I presume a 't's are softish too?
Particulars:
Bar 16 - there will be a fermata on '-das'
Bar 28 make sure you sing out the 4th beat if you have it
Sop2 Alt2 Ten2 no 'la' ie 4th beat, sing la lluvia lluvia 28-29
Basses sing out on your low A
Bar 32 Watch, Ollie will be beating crotchets
Sops Bar 38 watch out for G#
Tenors Bar 35 get your E from the Sops' D
All: Bar 40-41 no break between 'que' and 'el canto' keep it going if it kills you or it won't make sense.

If you are looking over the next bit before next week, Sops watch out for page 13 where from having been on two lines you go back to being on one.
Altos page 12 you will be on third stave down not second.

Bog off
Twas good. Well remembered.

Hi, here they are an evening late... ;p

IN REVERSE ORDER cos this is the most important thing we did

CLOUDBURST

Generally -

• We would be better singing this off by heart. It isn't crucial because there are music stands and Ollie doesn't mind us using them. But IF YOU START LEARNING IT NOW you might find you know it well enough by June. It would be good if we could (and we should)...
• Listen to it lots. Keep up to date with what we've learnt that week so we DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER AND OVER THE SAME THINGS the following week
• Pronounciation - AnnaLauren will be doing this properly but for now it's AH - GUA not A-GUA and EYE not HAY or HIGH. And POSO not hard Z.
• Take a breath where there are breath marks.
• Counting - It isn't babyish to have to write counting beats in the music. So if it helps, write down 1,2,3,4, above lengths of notes. (I do cos I'm a baby and can't count!)
• Dynamics
• Write things down in your copies.

Preceding entry - D is given. 3 beats are given (during which we can take a breath to save gasping on 3rd beat!) and we come in on 4th beat.
CONCENTRATE on entry.
Preceding Bar 1 - is pp
Bar 2- Watch Ollie's mouth, it will tell you when to go from a to o to m. Think of it as a bar of 4 beats and a bar of 3 beats. It's in 7/4. (You can even draw your own bar line in.)
Bars 3 -5 - Sing words at random. WATCH Ollie for coming in and then ignore him a bit. But not too much because we all need to WATCH for his ENORMOUS down beat at the 5/4 bar. MEN concentrate on counting.
Once the accent is sung on your entry note, drop down a dynamic so we can hear other entries.
Bar 6 - We should have all seen Ollie's big downbeat and be AH-GUA ing together. Breath mark.
Bar 8 - BASSES - give us a strong F natural
MEN - dim (cos you are!!!not!) slightly, to keep the energy going and enable you to keep up volume at bar 9
NO BREAKING OR BREATHING BETWEEN BAR 8 and 9
Bar 10 - dim on NO of SUENO
Bar 11 - SEBASTIAN is solo voice
Bar 16 - mf
Bar 22 - SOPS - are pp. Everyone else is mp
ALT IIs - Come in on same note as Sops. Make sure it's the same A
Bar 23 - ALTOS be careful of the E and D

KANARBIC - this will be sung OFF BY HEART for definite
Look at it for next week
TENORS - practise singing C A C D
If possible listen to the words for next week

ON HILLISUVI - this will be sung OFF BY HEART for definite
Think about coming in. How to come in and placing of note.
4 beats will be given - write it in copy
G note will be given - write it in copy
SOPRANOS - legato and PP at beginning. Come straight off on KAS
Bar 3 - cresc into the chord containing B flat and F natural
ALTO 1 - have a bit of a melody.
Ollie will bring us off on long note
ALTOS - Chesty top of page 2. (Easier for some than others!) Resonate and blend.
Bar 6 - Come off on 4 at the same time
Bar 11 - mp. ALTOS watch coming in on phrase and be together. Legato.
SOPS II, BASSES, TENORS are dim
Bar 13 - mf
BASSES - give us a strong A
TENORS - give us a sharper A
WRITE THIS IN YOUR COPIES, PLEASE
Put an ! above the very first chord
TENORS - put an arrow pointing upwards on the A I've just mentioned
SOPRANOS - circle the pp
Put a cresc marking in bar 3
Put a DEcresc marking in bar 5
SOPS and ALTOS mark your p at end of bar 6
MEN put a circle round dim at bar 10

NOTICES
1) DATE for CLOUDBURST concert is on SATURDAY the 6TH of JUNE - 7.30 at the REID HALL
2) We'll need a rehearsal the Saturday before this concert which is SATURDAY the 30TH of MAY
3) SATURDAY the 21ST of FEBRUARY is our EXTRA REHEARSAL with a bit of workshop stuff DAY. only Claire 1 can't come (boo!)
4) York is booked and accomodation is being sorted
5) Canongate and St Augustines have been provisionally booked for the 12TH of DECEMBER
Anne is still making enquiries/going to visit with Ollie a couple of places
Other suggestions were out of our price range or unavailable.
The WILD MONKEYS sorry MYRTLES have nicked our space at St Giles, which means we'll be doing our concert on the 6TH of DECEMBER.
There is a possibility we can do Priestfield the Wednesday before, but a concert on the 2ND might be a bit early. Let's just say this sort of stuff is still being looked into. THANKS, ANNE
6) WHITHORN is full for 2009 but will accommodate us sometime in 2010

Have a good weekend one and all, Jenny