Thursday, January 25, 2018
notes from 24.1.18
Guerrero, Kyrie:
General points:
- tuning. Watch
e-naturals throughout and keep them bright. Make any sharps sharp.
- Think line. Don’t breathe within words or
melismas. Stress the stronger syllables and don’t plod. Remember, this music
was written without barlines.
- Note values: write in the beats if you are finding it
difficult to count. It’s often quicker than it looks!
- Diction: bring out consonants (‘K’ of ‘kyrie’, ‘chr’ of
christe’, ‘l’ of ‘eleison).
- The initial theme
(first 5 notes) is important so bring it out whenever it occurs; the rest is
embellishment, so make it quieter.
- home practice would
be useful for all sections.
Specific points:
B: bars 8, 30, 32, 39 etc are e-naturals.
T, watch bassline at beginning (‘le’ is your starting
pitch). Bar 34 is f-natural. Keep the A bright on page 2.
S: bar 36, make the A sharp. Bar 4, don’t break between the
b-flat and g. Bar 17, ‘st’ and ‘l’ should sound before the beat.
Lauridsen:
Don’t make a meal of unprepared suspensions
The music needs to flow, so release ends of phrases
1st phrase diminuendo, think ‘pebble in the
water’.
Watch tempo change bar 39 – sprightly, cheeky, enjoy the
semiquavers.
Allargando bar 67-68
Bar 51, make more detached; bar 63 make the notes longer
Bar 57, mp.
Bar 111, don’t breathe
B, bar 7, keep e-sharp high, crescendo into bar 8
T, bar 16, lead
S, bar 14, give more
T, bar 18, not too much diminuendo
A, bar 87 and 90, need more of the b
Pronunciation of ‘huelas’
– the ‘h’ is silent.
Guerrero, Gloria:
n.b. there are some e-flats now!
B: e-natural, bar 69
# posted by rudsambass @ 2:32 pm 
