Thanks again for a great rehearsal on Tuesday. Here are some reminders:
- you all should have received the email notice from Tenille inviting auditors to of the Elise Bradley workshop on Saturday, October 1 at Bethany United. Please pass this along to your conducting colleagues, students, and singing friends. Remember we are only taking 15 auditors.
- please keep thinking of available tenors who might want to sing great repertoire with a great choir. Email me with ideas and contact info.
- Camerata T shirts will be worn by all singers for the Elise Bradley workshop. The order will go in early next week. so if you are new or if you need annother t shirt, please contact Tenille. Your first t shirt is free - any additional you will have to pay for. There are both men's and women's sizes in S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL - well, you get it! Email Tenille at: tenille.goodspeed@gmail.com
- Remember to sell advertising for this season's concert programs. Tenille emailed you the rate sheet which you can either duplicate or email to potential advertisers. Last year this was an additional source of needed income. Let's all work on it again this year.
- many thanks to Geoff and his cohorts (you KNOW who you are) for unloading the risers to their permanent storage space in the bowels of First Baptist. Finally those puppies have a home!
- a reminder of Janis Cobb's Celebration of Life service at St. Luke's Anglican in Hubbards, (on Shore Club Road, just off Hwy 3 on the east side of the village) Saturday 17, 2 pm. As I previously mentioned I am away with my Girls' Choir but will be thinking of you all.
Rehearsal notes for next Tuesday:
Requiem (Howells) - mvts: I, II, III & IV
Lord's Prayer (Enns)
Lamentations Movement III- "Silentio" (Togni)
In Paradisium (Corlis)
Thanks so much for your work. Have a great weekend.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday Thoughts (just a little late!)
My apologies for this being late - yesterday was the first rehearsal for my Girls' Choir and it seemed that there were way too many details to attend to!
As I said in my email - good beginnings on Tuesday. We have all the ingredients for a very fine choir this year. A big welcome to the new singers and I hope you find a home in Camerata.
Some housekeeping items (which for most of you are common sense):
- if you are going to be absent or late, I will expect to be notified, just as if I expect to be absent or late, I will make sure you all get a message. On Tuesdays I am in rehearsal in Truro and am unavailable from 3:15-4:30 pm. I leave for Halifax no later than 5:30 pm. Please make note of my contact info: 902-893-4242 (o); 902-899-6299 (c), 902-893-8425 (h) and email is: jeffjoudrey@gmail.com.
- as the level of musicianship in Camerata is of a high standard, I expect everyone to arrive at rehearsal knowing the notes. No matter how good a musician you are, please don't come to rehearsal and sight read. I mentioned on Tuesday that 2 hours /week will not be uncommon for you to spend working on scores at home and your colleagues sitting next to you, in the sections singing near you or across the choir will appreciate the time and effort we all give to the music.
- I sent you all access info for the website. Please file it for reference. There are all kinds of documents you might want/need to read but the most important tools are found in the Choir Only section. Sean P. has downloaded reference recordings of a number of the works we are performing in concert. Use the recordings to get an idea of the shape and style of the piece - not where every breath, phrase and articulation is placed. Inevitably, our performances will be different.
Always in the Blog I will give info on my rehearsal for the following Tuesday so you can adequately prepare. For next Tuesday the rehearsal will look like the following:
Lord's Prayer (Enns) - review work of last Tuesday. Phrasings should become an integral part of the line. Be confident with modulations, beginnings of new sections, etc.
Requiem (Howells) - be confident with movements I & II and learn notes of III & IV
In Paradisium (Corlis) - review
Ubi Caritas (Gjeilo) - review
Antiphon (Togni) - listen to the recording on the website. We may note get to this but be ready in case.
I am VERY much looking forward to our working with our guest clinician, the incomparable Elise Bradley on Saturday, October 1, from 9:30-4:00 pm at Bethany United (remember: in the original schedule the workshop was also for the Friday night but Camerata Singers will be required only on the Saturday) Continuing Education for us all is how we become better musicians and the day we spend with Elise will be so invaluable to us all, whether you are a conductor, singer, auditor of the sessions, of just want to listen and watch how a international level conductor with Elise's experience works with a choir like Camerata. Thanks to the Camerata Board and the NS Department of Culture for making this workshop possible for Camerata and Xara.
Finally a huge round of virtual applause for (soprano) Danielle Kain and her husband in celebration of the safe arrival of Gabriel James Howard, born September 7 weighing in at a brusing 7 lbs 7 oz. Mom, Dad and Gabriel are doing wonderfully well. Congratulations and big hugs from us all, Danielle .
Again my sincere thanks for everything each one of you bring each time we work together. I truly missed not working with you during the summer, and our rehearsal was the highlight of my week. See you all next Tuesday.
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As I said in my email - good beginnings on Tuesday. We have all the ingredients for a very fine choir this year. A big welcome to the new singers and I hope you find a home in Camerata.
Some housekeeping items (which for most of you are common sense):
- if you are going to be absent or late, I will expect to be notified, just as if I expect to be absent or late, I will make sure you all get a message. On Tuesdays I am in rehearsal in Truro and am unavailable from 3:15-4:30 pm. I leave for Halifax no later than 5:30 pm. Please make note of my contact info: 902-893-4242 (o); 902-899-6299 (c), 902-893-8425 (h) and email is: jeffjoudrey@gmail.com.
- as the level of musicianship in Camerata is of a high standard, I expect everyone to arrive at rehearsal knowing the notes. No matter how good a musician you are, please don't come to rehearsal and sight read. I mentioned on Tuesday that 2 hours /week will not be uncommon for you to spend working on scores at home and your colleagues sitting next to you, in the sections singing near you or across the choir will appreciate the time and effort we all give to the music.
- I sent you all access info for the website. Please file it for reference. There are all kinds of documents you might want/need to read but the most important tools are found in the Choir Only section. Sean P. has downloaded reference recordings of a number of the works we are performing in concert. Use the recordings to get an idea of the shape and style of the piece - not where every breath, phrase and articulation is placed. Inevitably, our performances will be different.
Always in the Blog I will give info on my rehearsal for the following Tuesday so you can adequately prepare. For next Tuesday the rehearsal will look like the following:
Lord's Prayer (Enns) - review work of last Tuesday. Phrasings should become an integral part of the line. Be confident with modulations, beginnings of new sections, etc.
Requiem (Howells) - be confident with movements I & II and learn notes of III & IV
In Paradisium (Corlis) - review
Ubi Caritas (Gjeilo) - review
Antiphon (Togni) - listen to the recording on the website. We may note get to this but be ready in case.
I am VERY much looking forward to our working with our guest clinician, the incomparable Elise Bradley on Saturday, October 1, from 9:30-4:00 pm at Bethany United (remember: in the original schedule the workshop was also for the Friday night but Camerata Singers will be required only on the Saturday) Continuing Education for us all is how we become better musicians and the day we spend with Elise will be so invaluable to us all, whether you are a conductor, singer, auditor of the sessions, of just want to listen and watch how a international level conductor with Elise's experience works with a choir like Camerata. Thanks to the Camerata Board and the NS Department of Culture for making this workshop possible for Camerata and Xara.
Finally a huge round of virtual applause for (soprano) Danielle Kain and her husband in celebration of the safe arrival of Gabriel James Howard, born September 7 weighing in at a brusing 7 lbs 7 oz. Mom, Dad and Gabriel are doing wonderfully well. Congratulations and big hugs from us all, Danielle .
Again my sincere thanks for everything each one of you bring each time we work together. I truly missed not working with you during the summer, and our rehearsal was the highlight of my week. See you all next Tuesday.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
On Herbert Howell's Requiem
Listening in Context: Does Knowledge of a Piece’s History Affect What We Hear?
The following article puts in context far better than I could, a brief history of the Herbert Howell's Requiem. It askes some interesting questions about listening to music in context to the story behind the score and using the Howell's Requiem begs the question of whether or not the story behind the score is relevant to the understanding of the music. You decide for yourself. Thanks to Tim Parolini (February 2011) for the article.
Regardless of the context of its origins, Howells’ Requiem is ineffably beautiful. Mournful, pleading, and ultimately, dare we say it, hopeful—or at least peaceful—it is a work full of rich harmonic texture and immense emotional depth.
The following article puts in context far better than I could, a brief history of the Herbert Howell's Requiem. It askes some interesting questions about listening to music in context to the story behind the score and using the Howell's Requiem begs the question of whether or not the story behind the score is relevant to the understanding of the music. You decide for yourself. Thanks to Tim Parolini (February 2011) for the article.
So apparently, you can’t believe everything you read online after all.
Most performance notes found on the web of Herbert Howells’ Requiem relate the same tale of how Howells composed the eloquent and moving work in 1935 after the death of his young son, Michael. Poignant. Tragic. And yes, his son did pass away in 1935 at the too-young age of nine. Howells, though, had written Requiem three years earlier.
Herbert Howells, born in 1892, was regarded as something as a composing prodigy and upheld as one of the great hopes of English music. He had his share of troubles along the way, including his own near-death experience, the death of his son, and a sensitivity to criticism that caused him to stop writing for nearly a decade. In the end, though, he helped define and advance the voice of English classical music, particularly that of the Anglican church. He also provided us with the moving Requiem, a work full of texture, subtlety and emotional depth.
Howells shared a musical sensibility with Ralph Vaughan Williams. A September 1910 concert in Gloucester Cathedral included the premiere of a new work by the then little-known Vaughan Williams. Howells not only made the composer’s personal acquaintance that evening, but the piece, the Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, profoundly moved him. Howells and Vaughan Williams met again, and after the First World War, their acquaintance deepened into a lasting friendship. Howells studied at the Royal College of Music under C.V. Stanford, Hubert Parry and Charles Wood. (Works by both Vaughan Williams and Wood are also featured in the Oratorio Singers program, as is a piece by the decidedly-non-British Johannes Brahms.)
In 1915, Howells was diagnosed with Graves’ disease and given six months to live. He became the first person in the country to receive radium treatment. His doctors had no idea how much to inject into Howell’s thyroid. They stopped treatments when his neck showed signs of radioactive burns. Howells lived for another 70 years.
Despite his prodigious compositional abilities, Howells was plagued by a disabling sensitivity to criticism. After a hostile reception to a performance of his second piano concerto in 1925, Howells simply stopped composing. By 1932, though, he had written Requiem, which was commissioned by King’s College, Cambridge. Howells never sent the completed work and Requiem remained unknown for nearly five decades. In the months after his son’s death three years later, Howells was unable to write. The following year, though, he used material from the previously unaccompanied Requiem to compose another work, Hymnus Paradisi for soloists, chorus and orchestra.
So, how did the misconception about the Requiem develop? In 1980, an unreleased, undated Requiem for unaccompanied chorus was discovered. According to Dr. Robert Michael Istad, Associate Professor of Music at Cal-State Fullerton, who studied Howells for his doctoral dissertation, “It shared a significant musical connection with Hymnus Paradisi, which had first been performed in 1950. Howells, then elderly, indicated that this unreleased work was the inspiration for Hymnus Paradisi. The work immediately became popular throughout the choral community. Unfortunately, many assumed that the delayed release of Requiem indicated personal struggle and profound grief. Printed materials began to relay a connection between Requiem and Michael’s death as fact, and Howells was too ravaged by senility to engage in fruitful discussion.”
Herbert Howells Trust acknowledges that Howells wrote Requiem in 1932 and incorporated some of its material into Hymnus Paradisi, which he did complete in memory of his son in 1938. Mystery solved. But does the fact that Howells didn’t write this Requiem while grieving over his son’s death change the way we listen to it? Does the context of a composition change how we hear it? If, for example, we learned that Beethoven had his full hearing ability when he composed his Ninth Symphony, would that change our response to it? We like context. Our understanding of art is given meaning by our understanding of the artist. Besides, we just like to know where things come from, and if there is a good story behind it, so much the better.
In music, interestingly enough, this context serves us best when contemplating or discussing a work, but not when actually listening to it. When we listen, the music stands alone. During a live performance of a musical work, the composer, the context, and the story behind it all melt away and there remain only the performers, the music, and the listener. Further, if we as a chorus do our job well, even we “disappear” and what is left to the listener is simply the music. With Howell’s Requiem, what is left is a work of sheer beauty.
While rooted in the past traditions of English music, Howells was not afraid to experiment outside of traditional tonality. He did so to great effect in Requiem. Like Faure’s Requiem, Howells’ is restrained—but it is richer harmonically with a rapt, almost hushed intensity and a more pointed sense of grief and loss. Only two movements use the traditional words of the Requiem as Verdi or Mozart employed them. The others are in English, based around Psalm texts. Throughout the work, Howells moves us between pleas on our own behalf and those for the ones who have gone before us.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Thursday Thoughts
Everyone,
Thank you for a great final rehearsal. There was some really exciting music making on Tuesday and I am so looking forward to singing this program at St. Bernard's.
So to review:
The call for the choir is 2:30 pm on Sunday afternoon in the church. Please allow ample time to get there, arrive, use the washroom, etc., etc. I will have a maximum of 45 minutes singing in the church before we will have to vacate for the audience, and I will need all of that. Placements will be different, and I want everyone to be comfortable when we being at 4pm.
The concert is 75 minutes of music (including encore) plus intermission. There likely will be refreshments for the choir afterwards in the sacristy (out back).
We will gather in the sacristy before the concert and at intermission.
Please bring all HCS scores you have to return to the blue box in the sacristy immediately after the concert.
Directions to St. Bernard:
http://mapq.st/k9qYUJ?__domain=ca (Mapquest)
Click on the link and take it from there. The directions are specific to coming fron Truro but HRM people pick up the directions from highway 101. I prefer going through the Rawdon Hills to Windsor however that's likely because i like the twisty roads in the Miata! You have better road coming in the 102 and then picking up the 101 in Bedford. An interesting note: MapQuest gives the time from Truro at 3h 30" while Google Maps puts it at 4h 30". I think Google Maps is more accurate so don't short change your drivig time.
But for basic directions from Hwy 101: Take exit. 4B (Evangeline Trail) to Hwy 101 for about 240 km. Take the exit NS-1 ramp to NS- 340/ Belliveau Cove/Grosse Cocques/Church Point and head toward Church Point for a couple of k and you will see a grand stone Catholic church on the right hand side of the road. You can't miss it!
If there are discrepencies or confusion please email each other. I am auditioning in Halifax Saturday morning and will be leaving Truro around 9:30 am.
Drive safe and I'll see you in St. Bernard.
Thank you for a great final rehearsal. There was some really exciting music making on Tuesday and I am so looking forward to singing this program at St. Bernard's.
So to review:
The call for the choir is 2:30 pm on Sunday afternoon in the church. Please allow ample time to get there, arrive, use the washroom, etc., etc. I will have a maximum of 45 minutes singing in the church before we will have to vacate for the audience, and I will need all of that. Placements will be different, and I want everyone to be comfortable when we being at 4pm.
The concert is 75 minutes of music (including encore) plus intermission. There likely will be refreshments for the choir afterwards in the sacristy (out back).
We will gather in the sacristy before the concert and at intermission.
Please bring all HCS scores you have to return to the blue box in the sacristy immediately after the concert.
Directions to St. Bernard:
http://mapq.st/k9qYUJ?__domain=ca (Mapquest)
Click on the link and take it from there. The directions are specific to coming fron Truro but HRM people pick up the directions from highway 101. I prefer going through the Rawdon Hills to Windsor however that's likely because i like the twisty roads in the Miata! You have better road coming in the 102 and then picking up the 101 in Bedford. An interesting note: MapQuest gives the time from Truro at 3h 30" while Google Maps puts it at 4h 30". I think Google Maps is more accurate so don't short change your drivig time.
But for basic directions from Hwy 101: Take exit. 4B (Evangeline Trail) to Hwy 101 for about 240 km. Take the exit NS-1 ramp to NS- 340/ Belliveau Cove/Grosse Cocques/Church Point and head toward Church Point for a couple of k and you will see a grand stone Catholic church on the right hand side of the road. You can't miss it!
If there are discrepencies or confusion please email each other. I am auditioning in Halifax Saturday morning and will be leaving Truro around 9:30 am.
Drive safe and I'll see you in St. Bernard.
140 m | ||
66.9 km | ||
173 km | ||
| 11. Take the NS-1 ramp to NS-340/ | ||
300 m | ||
| 12. Turn right onto Evangeline Trail (signs for Nova Scotia 1Trunk W/ | ||
2.4 km | ||
| 13. Turn left onto Gaudet Rd | ||
400 m |
St Bernards Catholic Rectory St Ber |
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Thursday Thoughts
It never ceases to amaze me the varied amount of organizational hard work it takes to run Camerata. I just emailed you the results of our successful Canada Council operations grant. The amount of hours it took to put that grant together, and the many areas of the organization's activity which were inputted into the application itself was staggering. What committment we have - people so willing to help and have the expertise to help the organization move forward.
As we countdown to the final run out to St. Bernard in a little over a week, please make sure you are confident with all the scores on the program. On Tuesday we will essentially run the program and I expect all eyes out of the music. Please download a copy of the program and put it in your folders as you will need to refer to it a number of times, if only to keep your scores in concert order.
Some housekeeping items: Some of you are consistently arriving late - please don't. Rehearsal begins at 7pm and the warmup is important. If you need time to find a parking place or deal with traffic, please leave home earlier. Also please arrive this Tuesday with your scores in concert order so we can get straight to the program.
Auditions: The first round of auditions for Camerata is taking place on Saturday morning, June 25th at Bethany United. Next season there are vacancies for altos, tenors and baritones (unless there are sopranos not coming back who haven't spoken to me) and I hope to fill at least one of those positions from the auditions scheduled for the 25th. Some of you have said that you knew of singers interested in singing with Camerata so please forward on any names you have, give them my email address. Audition info is on the website. I am especially interested in two tenors and a baritone (sounds like a B Italian movie!)
Speaking of replacements, Laura, Chris, Lynn and Robin are taking what I hope to be a leave next season to concentrate on their jobs and in the case of Robin, to go back to school to do an MBA. Hopefully all this is temporary, as I know we all will miss these talented singers and lovely people. St. Bernard will be their last concert. I wish you all well and thank you so much for everything you have given to Camerata.
So next Tuesday we run the program and then on Sunday at 2:30 pm we meet at St. Bernard for a short sound check. Until then, stay dry!
As we countdown to the final run out to St. Bernard in a little over a week, please make sure you are confident with all the scores on the program. On Tuesday we will essentially run the program and I expect all eyes out of the music. Please download a copy of the program and put it in your folders as you will need to refer to it a number of times, if only to keep your scores in concert order.
Some housekeeping items: Some of you are consistently arriving late - please don't. Rehearsal begins at 7pm and the warmup is important. If you need time to find a parking place or deal with traffic, please leave home earlier. Also please arrive this Tuesday with your scores in concert order so we can get straight to the program.
Auditions: The first round of auditions for Camerata is taking place on Saturday morning, June 25th at Bethany United. Next season there are vacancies for altos, tenors and baritones (unless there are sopranos not coming back who haven't spoken to me) and I hope to fill at least one of those positions from the auditions scheduled for the 25th. Some of you have said that you knew of singers interested in singing with Camerata so please forward on any names you have, give them my email address. Audition info is on the website. I am especially interested in two tenors and a baritone (sounds like a B Italian movie!)
Speaking of replacements, Laura, Chris, Lynn and Robin are taking what I hope to be a leave next season to concentrate on their jobs and in the case of Robin, to go back to school to do an MBA. Hopefully all this is temporary, as I know we all will miss these talented singers and lovely people. St. Bernard will be their last concert. I wish you all well and thank you so much for everything you have given to Camerata.
So next Tuesday we run the program and then on Sunday at 2:30 pm we meet at St. Bernard for a short sound check. Until then, stay dry!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Thursday Thoughts (on Wednesday!)
I'm writing a little earlier this week as tomorrow I leave for Halifax for three very busy days with the Board of the Association of Canadian Choral Communities.
Great so see you all last night (well not all of you - we had 5 singers missing, but you get what I mean) Isn't it interesting how it takes a little time to get back into scores we have left for a while. And with scores which the parts have multiple divisi, it really doesn't come together until everyone is present.
So with that in mind, it is really crucial that for the remaining two rehearsals, everyone attend, barring being hit by a bus! Musique St. Bernard is a highly regarded music series and i want us to do our best work down there.
For next Tuesday please prepare the following:
Many Winters - Enns (everyone review carefully; needs work)
First Snow - Holten (women need to feel every 8th note - rhythm needs to be sung w confidence)
i thank You God - Whitacre (m. 84-89 were insecure in the concert. Be absolutely sure of your part)
Benedicto - Sisask (clean up phrase endings; Men: ck notes top of P. 7 & open 4ths & 5ths in B1 & B2)
Ave Verum - Raminsh (review)
On suuri sun rantas autius - arr. Torma (review)
O Sacrum Convivium - Miskinis
Please note: I have sent our version of Many Winters from the November concert to Sean to put on the Choir Only page of the website so you can learn from that first performance. Sean or I will email you to let you know when he has had a chance to upload it. Please listen to it with the score.
Thanks again for a good rehearsal last night. Welcome again to Bill (B2) and Judith (S1)
See you next Tuesday.
Great so see you all last night (well not all of you - we had 5 singers missing, but you get what I mean) Isn't it interesting how it takes a little time to get back into scores we have left for a while. And with scores which the parts have multiple divisi, it really doesn't come together until everyone is present.
So with that in mind, it is really crucial that for the remaining two rehearsals, everyone attend, barring being hit by a bus! Musique St. Bernard is a highly regarded music series and i want us to do our best work down there.
For next Tuesday please prepare the following:
Many Winters - Enns (everyone review carefully; needs work)
First Snow - Holten (women need to feel every 8th note - rhythm needs to be sung w confidence)
i thank You God - Whitacre (m. 84-89 were insecure in the concert. Be absolutely sure of your part)
Benedicto - Sisask (clean up phrase endings; Men: ck notes top of P. 7 & open 4ths & 5ths in B1 & B2)
Ave Verum - Raminsh (review)
On suuri sun rantas autius - arr. Torma (review)
O Sacrum Convivium - Miskinis
Please note: I have sent our version of Many Winters from the November concert to Sean to put on the Choir Only page of the website so you can learn from that first performance. Sean or I will email you to let you know when he has had a chance to upload it. Please listen to it with the score.
Thanks again for a good rehearsal last night. Welcome again to Bill (B2) and Judith (S1)
See you next Tuesday.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Thursday Thoughts
There is a quote which reads: I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. (H. A. Overstreet)
I think the quote sums up rather well the impact you made on many of our concert patrons last Saturday in St. Patrick's. I have had so many messages, emails, conversations, etc of people who were not only there, but took the time to try to put into words what your music meant to them. Some examples:
- It is a real privilege to be part of this music-making (SNSC member)
- Saturday night’s concert was a highlight! Just spectacular! It brought me to tears when I was describing how beautiful it was to someone the next day! You and every member of the choir should be very proud! (concert patron)
- it was the most exquisite musical event I have been to in a very long time - moved me to tears, touched the soul and was so beautifully choreographed - such a gift and commitment you have to the art - thank you. (patron who has not heart the choir in a long time)
- Yes, it does remind us why we do music, to lift people's souls (SNSC member)
I included some of the comments to remind you that we do more than just sing concerts and make pretty music. People come to our concerts for various reasons and one such reason is that our music helps them cope with whatever life is throwing at them. We must not loose sight that.
So on to St. Bernard's! Another wonderful acoustic - very different but wonderful. The program is below - I know I sent it to you at least once before but you need to have a copy of this in your folder. Go through your scores before Tuesday and make sure you have everything. Please do this now - not three weeks downthe road. Email me if there is anything missing.
I also want to welcome Judith Burdett (soprano) and Bill Perrot (bass) who will be singing this concert with us. Please introduce yourselves to Judith and Bill if you don't already know them.
This concert is a combination of the year's work and we have performed everything before in concert this season. However there are scores which need to be reviewed, so for this Tuesday, at First Baptist I will concentrate on the following:
Many Winters - Enns
O Sacrum Convivium - Miskinis
I Am Not Yours - Stroope
Benedicto - Sisask
First Snow - Holten
Kyrie - Palestrina (I am considering doing the Christe w a solo quartet. Email me if you are interested)
Northern Lights - Gjeilo
See you Tuesday.
Musique St. Bernard Program
Sunday June 26, 2011 4pm - St. Mary’s Church, St. Bernard, NS
Call for choir: 2:30 pm
Programme order
Totus Tuus – Henryk Górecki 9’
Ave Verum – Imant Raminsh * 5:15
Benedicto – Urmas Sisask 6:30 (Tristan to conduct)
Agneau de Dieu – Rupert Lang * (3) * (quartet: Christina, Laura, Chris, Lynn)
Nunc Dimittis – Arvo Pärt (6:40) (solo: Danielle)
O Sacrum Convivium – Vytautas Miškinis (Lithuania) 4:45
Intermission
i thank You God for most this amazing day – Eric Whitacre (6) (solo: Paula)
Lay A Garland – Robert Pearsall (2:45)
Many Winters – Jeff Enns * (9:30)
I Am Not Yours – Randall Stroope (4)
First Snow - Bo Holten (Denmark) (5)
Northern Lights – Ola Gjeilo (Norway) (4:45)
On suuri sun rantas’ autius – trad Finnish/arr. Juha Törmä 3
[encore: Kyrie (Missa Brevis) – Palestrina]
I think the quote sums up rather well the impact you made on many of our concert patrons last Saturday in St. Patrick's. I have had so many messages, emails, conversations, etc of people who were not only there, but took the time to try to put into words what your music meant to them. Some examples:
- It is a real privilege to be part of this music-making (SNSC member)
- Saturday night’s concert was a highlight! Just spectacular! It brought me to tears when I was describing how beautiful it was to someone the next day! You and every member of the choir should be very proud! (concert patron)
- it was the most exquisite musical event I have been to in a very long time - moved me to tears, touched the soul and was so beautifully choreographed - such a gift and commitment you have to the art - thank you. (patron who has not heart the choir in a long time)
- Yes, it does remind us why we do music, to lift people's souls (SNSC member)
I included some of the comments to remind you that we do more than just sing concerts and make pretty music. People come to our concerts for various reasons and one such reason is that our music helps them cope with whatever life is throwing at them. We must not loose sight that.
So on to St. Bernard's! Another wonderful acoustic - very different but wonderful. The program is below - I know I sent it to you at least once before but you need to have a copy of this in your folder. Go through your scores before Tuesday and make sure you have everything. Please do this now - not three weeks downthe road. Email me if there is anything missing.
I also want to welcome Judith Burdett (soprano) and Bill Perrot (bass) who will be singing this concert with us. Please introduce yourselves to Judith and Bill if you don't already know them.
This concert is a combination of the year's work and we have performed everything before in concert this season. However there are scores which need to be reviewed, so for this Tuesday, at First Baptist I will concentrate on the following:
Many Winters - Enns
O Sacrum Convivium - Miskinis
I Am Not Yours - Stroope
Benedicto - Sisask
First Snow - Holten
Kyrie - Palestrina (I am considering doing the Christe w a solo quartet. Email me if you are interested)
Northern Lights - Gjeilo
See you Tuesday.
Musique St. Bernard Program
Sunday June 26, 2011 4pm - St. Mary’s Church, St. Bernard, NS
Call for choir: 2:30 pm
Programme order
Totus Tuus – Henryk Górecki 9’
Ave Verum – Imant Raminsh * 5:15
Benedicto – Urmas Sisask 6:30 (Tristan to conduct)
Agneau de Dieu – Rupert Lang * (3) * (quartet: Christina, Laura, Chris, Lynn)
Nunc Dimittis – Arvo Pärt (6:40) (solo: Danielle)
O Sacrum Convivium – Vytautas Miškinis (Lithuania) 4:45
Intermission
i thank You God for most this amazing day – Eric Whitacre (6) (solo: Paula)
Lay A Garland – Robert Pearsall (2:45)
Many Winters – Jeff Enns * (9:30)
I Am Not Yours – Randall Stroope (4)
First Snow - Bo Holten (Denmark) (5)
Northern Lights – Ola Gjeilo (Norway) (4:45)
On suuri sun rantas’ autius – trad Finnish/arr. Juha Törmä 3
[encore: Kyrie (Missa Brevis) – Palestrina]
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