Here's the music I plan to rehearse with you this coming Monday:
~WASSAIL CAROL (Mathias) - We haven't read this yet. MEN: I'm going to ask the basses who can (!) to join the tenors on the first verse ("Now joy be to the Trinity...")
~TWELVE DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS: A first read of this - it was distributed last Monday on the back table. This is not on your program list, but I thought it would make a good encore/ender for this repertoire.
~More work on TOMORROW SHALL BE and WASSAIL SONG (Vaughan Williams) and #1 of ICICLES, building on what we did last Monday.
~As time permits: DECK THE HALL and WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS (in the other Rutter book).
Thank you for any time you spend outside of rehearsal. Even just reading the words to yourself or listening while silently reading will promote familiarity. Obviously, if you are able to sing your part aloud or have access to a piano, that is all the better!
See you Monday!
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The Twelve Days After Christmas is a GREAT song. I remember doing it in our madrigal choir in high school. Nice choice!
ReplyDeleteRobyn
PS. See you on Monday with a good excuse for my absence.
Here is some information on the odd word usage in the first section of the Rutter. These are from the Oxford English Dictionary.
ReplyDeleteKeel - To cool, hot or boiling liquid by stirring, skimming or pouring in something cold in order to prevent it from boiling over.
Nail - With verbs as to bite, blow, pare ones nails.
"So that the king, for anything that he has to do in these matters, may sit and blow his nails, for use them otherwise he can not.
Karen Tune
Karen,
ReplyDeleteThat's really interesting. I was sure it meant "flute"!