I hope that you enjoyed last Friday as much as I did; it was relatively comfortable despite the rain and the acoustic was surprisingly friendly. It sounded as though the sheep enjoyed it. Here is a recording of the rehearsal for those that didn’t attend to see what we got up to. I would appreciate feedback – it is all different to me as well. What worked well? What improvements can we make? Any thoughts on repertoire? etc.
We go again this Friday with slightly fewer sopranos. Cathy will be away but they have kindly given us access to the space and a key to the barn. Music for this week is:
| Great getting up morning |
| The Rose |
| Ave verum (Saint Saens) |
| Happy Eyes |
| The Crown of Roses |
| This is my Father’s World |
| Goin’ Home |
A few notes from last week’s session. The advantage of recording the rehearsal is that we can all review it and note how good it was and how we can make it even better.
Overall the sound was remarkably good seeing that we hadn’t met for such a long time. Some of you had obviously kept your voices in trim pretty well. Well done.
God so loved the world: there was good attention to the dynamics and it kept pitch well. Keep energy and air flow to the ends of phrases. Don’t skip over little notes. We need to work on the vowel sound on “world”.
Sicut cervus: this highlighted the need to listen to others (a challenge with social distancing) as well as watching to keep together. The phrases need more shape.
The Rose: we onlly sight-read this; it went quite well. This week we will learn the second half.
Be thou my vision: I need to practise the piano part! Just a sing through, the second verse needs aome attention.
The Glory of Love: some great sounds. There needs to be a bit more sense of style and the ensemble on needs to be tighter.
See you all soon.
Newstead Abbey Singers 