Dear all
Many thanks to those who were there for tonight’s rehearsal. We were very well stocked for sopranos and quite well so for tenors, but distinctly lacking in bases and altos, which made the balance of the choir tonight interesting to say the least! As last week, can I please urge you all to come to as many of the remaining rehearsals as possible. Of course I understand that life happens, and that this is the cold/flu/COVID season, but we only have 4 rehearsals left before our 2 engagements now and we do not have time to go over bits people have missed any more.
Those who were there achieved a huge amount today, with complete sings through 3 pieces, including one we only started working on 2 weeks ago. Not only that, but those sings through were really rather good!
We first spent some time on Swansea Town, which we have not touched for some time. We are now pretty comfortable with the nots, so need to start making this a performance piece. Try to make sure you know this well enough that you can watch me while you are singing, as well as glance at your copies, especially on the last page where we will pull the tempo around a little. Remember also that the middle ‘storm’ verse will be a little slower.
We then worked on the second verse of Danny Boy, which we picked up much more quickly than I thought we would, which is fantastic! Again, keep an eye on me for the tempo changes towards the end, and also for the general pauses in the first verse (after the word ‘hushed’) and second verse (after ‘warmer’). We also need to do far more with dynamics in this piece.
Finally we looked mainly at the last verse of All Through the Night, making sure we know the Welsh pronunciation and the notes. This has the potential to be a show stealer so we need to start polishing now, and trying to worry more about the music and less about the language!
For those able to sing at the charity event on Thursday 9th December, firstly thank you very much for giving your time for this, which looks like it will be a fantastic thing to be part of. As a brief outline of the timings for the day:
6:00 – 6:15pm – arrive
6:15- 6:50pm – rehearse with the pianist/organist
6:50pm – break
7:20pm – in seats ready to start
7:30pm – start
8:50pm (approx) – finish
We will be singing 3 pieces across 2 slots (to be confirmed, but likely to include All Through the Night). More details next week.
Have a lovely week all!
Dave
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