Dear all
Apologies my roundups have been a bit inconsistent so far this term, and that this one is coming around so late!
Firstly, as some were asking, our break for half term will be on Tuesday 15th February.. That’s next Tuesday.
At last week’s rehearsal we started with some detailed work on the 12th (and last) movement of the Vivaldi, the Cum Sancto Spiritu fugue. Lots of counting needed in this piece, as parts drop in an out at various times. It’s worth taking some private time to make sure you know the notes in this piece, as I’m not planning to do more bashing through them in detail. We also looked at the 9th movement (Qui tollis and Sucipe), which is generally straight forward but with some tricky intervals in the first section. Again, worth checking you are comfortable with it if you have time.
We then spent some time with the Vaughan Williams Festival Te Deum, mainly going over the opening few pages again (as it had been a few weeks!). This piece has some tricky moments but is generally very singable, and made easier by the fact that large parts of it are only in 2 parts. We will continue to work through it in the coming weeks.
Finally, we covered the Psalm 100 setting by Mendelssohn, especially the last page and a bit (after the solo octet section). This is sounding very good – we will add the middle section in coming weeks.
I mentioned last week that we will likely add another larger work to sit alongside the Vivaldi. I want the choir’s member to be a part of the decision-making for this so I will set up some kind of poll – watch this space.
See you tomorrow
Dave