Rudsamblog

Czech Song

Kay went through the Pronunciation again including verse 2, so check with someone else if you are unsure of the correct Czech. Remember the start of each line "kdish do" and "Na myle na"

Cloudburst

Bar 46 onwards - make the words Bell like and very Legato.

Bar 53 Loud start and very Buoyant. Make sure the Triplets are well supported and clearly defined. "Sangre" - Roll the "r".

Decrescendo when the soprano starts at Bar 57. Ollie will tell you when to finish the chord. We will be doing Cloudburst slowly than we have been rehearsing it.

On Hillisuvi

Ollie will give a G. Starts very PP then crescendo with the words at bar 7. Ending was not so good

Go straight to Kannarbik for which a C will be given. This was well done.

Spring Time of the Year

What a smooth song this is is! On Page 3 we need to hear the melody as it goes from tenor to soprano etc. The beginning is P and we need to follow the dynamics more closely.

Debussy

The tenor entries at bar 22 and27 need to be more rhythmic and in general the rhythms need to be more accurate But it was really Nice.

Not much in the notes I'm afraid but we were checking and polishing well known pieces by this stage.

OTHER NOTES

Chris to email Concert flyers to all. All please take posters and flyers to distribute. Chris will be producing more posters , and Subs are Due.

Priestfield rehearsal next Weds ( small group to start at 7.15)

6th June 2-4pm rehearsal at Reid Hall. Be there also at 6.30 ready to sing at 7.30.

Also Saturday rehearsal 30 May 1-3pm

Douglas warmed us up with some piggies and doggies, sung very fast to hornpipe music.

This is the list for Cloudburst concert. Not in order yet, and probably not all of it.

Cloudburst - as someone said, we'd better sing that.
Hebrew Love songs
Kanarbic
Hilli
Lulling
Green Fir
Bogoro
O Morgenstern
Envoi
In Springtime of the Year - the newish V.Williams
En une seule fleur
Hide and Seek
Dieu qu'il la fait
Je de Sedlak

NEW YORK PIECES
Henryk Gorecki - (usnije mi usnij - ANNE, I think you've probably sung it when Suzannah was with us)
Misererere Nostri and County Down - small group pieces
3rd verse of Czech piece - Je de

IT IS IMPORTANT for WEDNESDAY -
Get the Czech words in your heads
Know what you're doing with Springtime
Know what you're doing with Cloudburst - especially especially bars 79 onwards

JE DE SEDLAK - For CLOUDBURST CONCERT - singing V.1 and V.2 and V.1 again. THIS MIGHT CHANGE for YORK

PRONOUNCIATION v.2 -
G deesh do mlayna pro j (as in french j sound) yeh lee
vee de rom pom pom (tiddly-i-tie)
Nah mlayna je (as in french je) sept ah li
vee de rom pom pom ('ave a banana)

CLOUDBURST/STARBURST/OUTBURST/FIT TO BURST - something explosive anyway....

Bar 79 onwards - doing it on the 30th so GET TO GRIPS WITH IT
PLEASE begs AL - NOT NOT NOT llllllllluvia, it's YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYou via. (I also heard some aGuas and it should be aWa)
Bar 57 - HOLD the note on that pause UNTIL Anna-Lauren has penetrated it with her solo

(WAIT FOR BASSES TO JEDA GIRLS! - Apologies, Ollie decided to make us sing je da in the middle of rehearsing Cloudbursts)

TENORS - Bar 43, Cloudburst piece, sing sharply
2nd BASSES - middle system 2nd bar make sure you're not always slightly late with A#

EVERYONE - Keep on top of P.7 - that doesn't mean sit on it til Wednesday, but look at it and listen to it!!

SPRINGTIME

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NOTICES
Small group starts next week. Can BOTH groups what sang Star of County Down AND the miseries (!) ALL ATTEND please
Please don't anyone DARE to miss the next rehearsals cos they're the last ones pre concert rehearsal with hand bells and pre concert full stop!!
SUBS to CLAIRE please.