Friday, February 07, 2020
notes from 5.2.19
Rudsambee Rehearsal Notes, 5.2.20
When David heard
Know your entry, enter with confidence
Slow music, quick consonants
keep tempo up, don’t falter
‘was’ and ‘slain’ shorten both
Absalom the ‘a’ is ‘ah’, not a sharp ‘a’ as in ‘fat’
‘that’ emphatic, crisp
tenors - bar 21 crisp entry
all - bar 28 the ‘o’ is anguished
basses - bar 31, don’t let the low F go flat
tenors - bar 38 curtail it to ensure entry in bar 39 is on the beat
all - ‘would God’ is the important phrase – ensure entry on the beat, crisp, not
prolonged or will slow it up. imagine you’re a trumpet!
basses - when on sustained notes, beware slowing the tempo
all - same comments in bar 38 pertain in bar 45
basses - bar 48 shorten the ‘God’ so you’re on the beat with ‘I had’
sop 1s - bar 48, the A natural, beware allowing the note to drift downwards due
to the discordant chord
all - bar 50 the ‘0’ pronounced ‘aw’ as in Scots ‘braw’, not as in ‘boat’
Blue Bird
Magen doing the sop solo beautifully
‘The lake lay’ pronounced ‘’thah lay klay’
enjoy - the second phrase from bar 5 – mysterious
basses - bars 20-22 emphasise the step up to C
sops - bar 30 note the B flat
Other plans
Work on rhythms
basses from E, ‘thom tha ka thom tha’ imagine the phrase has a silent ‘ah’ before
the ‘ka’, ie ‘thom tha (ah) ka thom tha’
Whitaker
basses - in Kala kalla, make it melodic, not mournful
GL, 7.2.20
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