Rudsamblog

Kay's notes for 12th July:

We had a very productive rehearsal.

1) Piranhas

We worked on the last section and worked back the way.

p15 bar 42 there is a sf and crescendo on "resulting".

Staccatto on dotted rythmns.

Altos worked on chromatic notes at bar 57.

Accent on each triplet from bar 69 onwards.

Bar 61 medical is a triplet - not as fast as four quavers.

Pace of the piece - a sense of always onto the next thing, next thing.

In general folk need to look at their notes at home and get it into their heads.


2) After Culloden

Don't over-emphasise down beats/ avoid nodding dogs.

We worked a lot at pace changes - so you need to be aware of these
throughout the piece. It is slow at the beginning then there is
accelerando at bar 14 and speed changes there-after as marked. Bar 26
medium pace.

We worked on bars 42-47 sops and tenors together. Take a slight break at
bars 43 and 47 in the rest marked on sop line.

Worked on final bars from bar 64. Watch you are not delaying upbeat
entries - needs to keep up speed.

Sleep well my Bairnie

Watch tempo change at the start. First two bars are slow then tempo
picks up from bar 3.
We worked on the chords- please check your notes.

Sopranos need to chill out and sound like a lullaby (aided by learning
their notes!)

Enunciate words like "shadows" and "creep"