The
Lord is My Shepherd
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Altos may double at A (ms. 19) but keep it light
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Tenor/Bass keep E’s in measures 32-38 light and
effortless sounding
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Make measures 47-53 light and mysterious
sounding
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Big crescendo in measures 85-87 and keep “ah”
and “oh” vowels open on house of the Lord.
Lord is the apex of the crescendo
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Everyone lift after the Soprano’s A in measure
90, but stagger through Lord forever in
measure 94
Keep
Yo’ Lamps
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Use idiomatic pronunciations, such as yo’ is your without an “r”, don’
is don’t without a “t”. Git is as written, but don’t emphasize
the “ih”
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Eighth notes are swung with triplet feel
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Lower parts, keep come “mysteriously quiet” with slightly stretched vowel, but in
time
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Watch the articulation on pages 6-7 and 9-10
The
Sweetheart of the Sun
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This will require a fairly straight tone because
of the tight harmonies
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Never let it feel rushed, but please look at and
sing your words
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The word at measure 32-36 is “ah”
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The closed “m” in measures 39, 59, and 63 will
occur on the 3rd beat
Super
Flumina Babylonis
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Listen for the imitation in the parts (bass,
soprano, tenor starting on tonic and alto starting on the 5th at
beginning). Bring that out
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Soften major cadences (measure 14, 23, 47 and at
the end)
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Make sure you really know your notes, rhythms
and intervals – I want to “test” each section’s accuracy and musicality on this
at the Boot Camp
Grace
Before Sleep
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Clean, understandable diction in treble voices
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Clean up parts and note crescendo in measures
17-20.
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Measures 29-34 are very strong!!!
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Practice key change at measure 35
Abendlied
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Make sure to sing Bleib bei uns as “Blype-bye oonts” and und der tag as “oont-dehr
tahg”. Don’t elide the “b’s” or the “d’s”
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Use a full, lush “Romantic” sound
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Watch the subito
piano at tope of pg. 4 in measure 39
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Create a major diminuendo from ff to pp in 3 measures at 45-38
FOR WEDNESDAY – 3/7
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Hold On
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A Child Said
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Shir La-ma’a lot (I will bring
copies until our order comes in)
REMEMBER THAT NEXT SATURDAY, MARCH 9 from
9:00 am to 4:00 pm is Bel Canto Boot Camp
(Lunch provided)
