Dear Singers
Very good work this week. We solved many problems and, hopefully, feel much better about many spots. Next week Bernstein 1 will be highlighted (after we record Vivaldi 1).
Some notes…
Notes
Vivaldi 1
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“GL-o-ri-ah“
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Also an open “o” not an American “o-u” diphthong
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mm 60 – 61 count the rests. “1 – 2 -3 – 4, 2 – 2 – 3- 4”
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m 67 the cutoff is on 2
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Intense cresc. to m 46
Vivaldi 12
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Each time you sing “Cum sancto spiritu” please realize that you are the star! Sing it that way.
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The half-note version should be impressive with importance
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The quarter-note version should be energetic
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A good start is to put a big, gigantic “K” before the downbeat “u” (“Cum”) in the same way that we sing the “Gl” in “gloria.”
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“spi-ri-tu” with a flipped ‘r’. If you can’t do that, then “spi-di-tu”.
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Cutoffs make a tremendous difference in this piece. Please count carefully. Don’t hang over!
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Review mm 55 – end
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
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Breaths 1 – 15
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Sopranos: after m 6, no breath after 13
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Altos: no breath after 13
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Tenors: after 10 and 12
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Basses: after 6, 10, 12
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Breaths 113 – 130
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Sopranos: no breath after 115, 120, 126
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Altos: after 116, 122, no breath after 124, 126
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Tenors: after 116, 1st note of 122, 124, 126
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Basses: after 116, 125, no breath after 124, 126
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Baba Yetu
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I have heard some panic regarding memorization. Please realize that I will NOT ask you to put your music down. The point is to be very comfortable with the words. So…the memorization of those words is AMAP (as much as possible).
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Open the “ooh” as much as possible
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Be sure to use arrows to point to your part throughout, especially on page turns (the page to be turned)
Boogie Fever
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m 53, males sing “she”, females sing “he”
Blackbird
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Sing like a guitar. Sopranos sing like a soprano.🙂
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Sopranos: a note change to make mm 16 and 29 more singable: Please add an 8th note G on 3 + and tie it to the 16th note G at the beginning of that cluster of notes. Take a gander at the attachment.
Mark
