Saturday, September 21, 2019
rehearsal on 18.9.19, Gordon taking notes
Present:-
Derrick, Kirsty, Marie Claire, Ellen, John W, Charlie, Gordon, Ewan, David, John K, Robin returning to the fold, Synnove trying us out, Klára, April
Oh Nata Lux, Tallis
Sing it like a dance, light with varied emphasis
Phrasing like an echo
3:2 = 6:4
sarabande, a slow elegant dance
If You Love Me
Sops - bar 16, tendency to go flat
Everyone - remember 'spirit' is condensed to 'sprit'
Basses - work on the rhythm in bar 22
Sops - whatever you did in bar 14 was perfect
Dormi Jesu, Betinis
A lot of hard work on this difficult piece, needs reinforced at home
'Almost sounds like the right music at the moment', will click soon!
Don't try to slow it down, it'll go flat
Remember open vowels
Bar 12, - ATB hold it until end of 3rd beat, with Sops
Bar 15 - Altos beware the double sharp
Bar 16 - Basses, practice this phrase at home
bar 17/18 - Basses 'blah-ndu', ie attach the n to the du
Bar 39 - Basses the 'in' is 2 beats
Ends in the warm bath of B major
O Magnum Mysterium, Lauridsen
A gentle start with an open 'o'
Bar 36 - 'pio' is one syllable, ends with a short 'aw'
Bar 46 - Basses split into 3 - G/E top, J middle, C bottom
Bar 63 - Baritones emphasis the chord change in the 'se' but still Piano
For next week
Poulenc's O Magnum Mysterium and more on Dormi Jesu
Gordon. 21.9.19
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