Sunday, April 22, 2018
Rehearsal notes 18/5/18
ANIMAL SONG
Keep it very light and preferably with the Bar as the beat.
Give the fa'la'las more energy , emphasising the first beat.
The middle section from C is in 4/4 time and the Basses should try to make the line a tune.
On the second page pause before the 3/2 section.
OWLS an CATS should keep to the beat.
Moving into page 2 theBasses should quieten.
All should mark the penultimate final bar to return to bar 12.
GRILLO
All at Bar 6;; don't be so loud that you can't crescendo.
Beware of the 3/2 Bar on Page 2!! There is no pause at Bar 20.
Last 3 Bars::: TENORS should make them EXCITING.
AVE MARIA Villa-Lobos
Keep the whole thing lively and with ENERGY (again), esp around Bar 7 , where probably due to the harmony it becomes all turgid and thick. Sing as 2 beats in a bar instead of 4.
Bar 8 Remember SOPS and ALTOS its 4 Beats.
Bars 13/14 all should stagger breathing if needed.
The PIU MOSSO section starts Piano.
Bar 26 The tricky one:take your time on this, don't rush through it. And SOPS be BRAVE on your high G!
MASS
Altos can miss out their Low B (Cant find where this is I'm afraid) In Kyrie I think.
KYRIE
PARTS should not compete. The consonants on Kyrie and Christe should be heard. For better balance overall the SOPS should be quieter.
Treat your lines as ARCS.. Look at upper parts at Bar 31: when the line goes up then crescendo, and when it descends the diminuendo.. Pick out the exciting BITS in your line.
Bar 29 BASSES make more of your line
GLORIA
Bar 3 Upper parts make room for the Basses!
Bar 66 Tenors:dont slow down. Bars 56/55 Make the words GLORIFICAMUS very Grand and open out the sound.
Bar 91 There is a tempo change and slow down.
Bars 111/112 A BIG Sound here and make the crochets EXCITING, esp if not on the beat.
Geographical Fugue
WE finished with this but no notes to report.
FOOTNOTE
By the way the Council of Trent was held between 1545 and 1563 and was the Catholic Church's response to the spread of Protestantism in Europe.
Notes by Douglas
Keep it very light and preferably with the Bar as the beat.
Give the fa'la'las more energy , emphasising the first beat.
The middle section from C is in 4/4 time and the Basses should try to make the line a tune.
On the second page pause before the 3/2 section.
OWLS an CATS should keep to the beat.
Moving into page 2 theBasses should quieten.
All should mark the penultimate final bar to return to bar 12.
GRILLO
All at Bar 6;; don't be so loud that you can't crescendo.
Beware of the 3/2 Bar on Page 2!! There is no pause at Bar 20.
Last 3 Bars::: TENORS should make them EXCITING.
AVE MARIA Villa-Lobos
Keep the whole thing lively and with ENERGY (again), esp around Bar 7 , where probably due to the harmony it becomes all turgid and thick. Sing as 2 beats in a bar instead of 4.
Bar 8 Remember SOPS and ALTOS its 4 Beats.
Bars 13/14 all should stagger breathing if needed.
The PIU MOSSO section starts Piano.
Bar 26 The tricky one:take your time on this, don't rush through it. And SOPS be BRAVE on your high G!
MASS
Altos can miss out their Low B (Cant find where this is I'm afraid) In Kyrie I think.
KYRIE
PARTS should not compete. The consonants on Kyrie and Christe should be heard. For better balance overall the SOPS should be quieter.
Treat your lines as ARCS.. Look at upper parts at Bar 31: when the line goes up then crescendo, and when it descends the diminuendo.. Pick out the exciting BITS in your line.
Bar 29 BASSES make more of your line
GLORIA
Bar 3 Upper parts make room for the Basses!
Bar 66 Tenors:dont slow down. Bars 56/55 Make the words GLORIFICAMUS very Grand and open out the sound.
Bar 91 There is a tempo change and slow down.
Bars 111/112 A BIG Sound here and make the crochets EXCITING, esp if not on the beat.
Geographical Fugue
WE finished with this but no notes to report.
FOOTNOTE
By the way the Council of Trent was held between 1545 and 1563 and was the Catholic Church's response to the spread of Protestantism in Europe.
Notes by Douglas
# posted by rudsambass @ 8:13 pm 
