Rudsamblog

-Abendfeier in Venedig. We focussed especially on bar 26 to the end, working on individual parts and the tuning of chords at cadences. We agreed to work more on the words and pronunciation in future rehearsals, but the point was made tonight that we shouldn't be breathing in the middle of any words!

- Gondoliera. We worked in individual parts on page 3, then page 2. Page 2 is tricky with all the changes of key (if anyone would find this helpful, a rough sketch of the key changes is something like: from A-flat to F, to G, to E-flat, A-flat, C-flat (that's B) to F-flat (that's E), to B-flat, E-flat and finally at the top of the next page back to A-flat - wow - no wonder it's tricky!!). There are places where layout is not helpful, so if counting is difficult for anyone then do write in the beats for each bar. We will need to work on dynamics also in future.

Daniel. We sang this through and worked mainly on bar 45 to the end. We should aim to sing this off-copy. Men please note the crotchet rest in bar 51.

Oro. Despite having planned to work on this and look at the words tonight, we agreed instead to wait until more of the newer members are present.

Se del tuo corpo. We worked especially on page 5 to the end. The rhythm seemed to need more work, so we clapped it once. In general, moving parts should sing out and other parts should be quieter. We then sung it through again and were pleased when it held together.

Musgrave pieces. There was some discussion about which of these we should sing in the concerts. We looked briefly at 'Dreams' (all together, and in individual parts) and some people would like also to include the Peacock one. All would require individual practice at home. We concentrated on 'Subway' and sang it through several times. Points made from last time were: bring out consonants and finish them tidily on rests (eg b.17, b. 13). On page 15, bottom, A and T are less important than S and B. In general, we should try to memorise so that we can look up lots. We should work on acting it, hamming it up and bringing out important words ('snuggling', 'schools', 'fish').

The rehearsal on Saturday is from 11-4. Susan is to send out an email again with information.