Rehearsal markings for Spring 2012
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Notes from May 14 rehearsal
#8
Notes from May 7 rehearsal
#7
- m 11, S: sing the 8th notes very deliberately.
#9
- m 62: brief lift after each “Sviat”, not an 8th rest as previously marked.
#15
- m 30: Sanford may decide to take a rit here and the whole last page slower.
Notes from Apr 30 rehearsal
#1 & #2
- m 1-2, B2: sing m 1 as written, then sing down an octave on m 2.
#4
- m 13, SATB1: back off and listen for B2.
#5
- strongly observe all the tenuto marks, so as to produce a bell-ringing sound.
- m 34, T: all tenors sing the T2 part (the altos have the other note well covered).
#7
- m 1-4, T: observe the tenuto marks, and unstress the following notes.
- m 8-10, T: all tenors sing the T2 part.
#14
- m 31, T: Ignore the D, and divide T1T2 on the remaining two pitches.
Notes from Apr 28 workshop
#6
#8
#12
- m 57, SAT: take a quarter rest out of “-ka”
Notes from Apr 23 rehearsal
#12
- m 37, SA: pp
- m 43-55, SA: the staccato applies all the way thru m 55, though only on 1/8 and 1/4 notes.
- m 98, 102, 110, 115, 120: poco rit, with a little fermata on the last beat, then a tempo next measure.
#15
- m 2-3: no breath.
- m 37: mf, not p.
Notes from Apr 16 rehearsal
#2
- m 47: fermata on downbeat; T1 replace the first half note with quarter, quarter rest.
#8
- m 9: p on downbeat (rest of dynamics as written)
#11
- m 45, TB: T1T2B1 sing the tenor parts, B2 sing the bass (this measure only).
Notes from Apr 9 rehearsal
#11
- m 57-65, SA: as written (not HML)
Notes from Mar 26 & Apr 2 rehearsals
#4
A superset of all the other notes can be found in these files; please mark them all:
Sanford's notes from our 2004 performances
Norm's transliteration corrections and word-by-word translations
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