This week’s rehearsal was brilliant. We got so much done and for me there were flashes of ‘the old days’ – some note ‘bashing’, piecing pages together and building the confident sound back up again. Despite the masks we sounded good (if muted) and the overall quality quickly improved. We went through the Credo in detail, then picked apart and reconstructed the Et vitam, sustaining the long chords and louder passages well. As a ‘warm down’ we relaxed through the Agnus dei. Credit to tenors and sopranos this week who were smaller in number than usual, but congratulations to everyone for a lovely evening.
The challenges of singing through masks and not being able to hear each other properly still remain but we are progressing well. It was good to hear some people admit there are corners of the music they still get wrong and are committing to practise at home – bravo!
What we will do on 21.07.21
Gloria p19 – Only 2 pages of music so good for a warm up!
Cum sancto p75 The Music Festival section and in particular the ending (p100)
We will revisit the Credo and Et vitam from last week as singing through after extra practice at home and forgetting most of it is always useful!
Warm down – Sanctus (p180)
Thank you TM@tF