Ad Hoc Singers 2010-2011 Rehearsal Notes
Rehearsal Announcements:
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
- This was our last rehearsal until September.
Rehearsals will resume after Labor Day, probably September 7th.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
- New music – Francisco Guerrero: Sancta et immaculata virginitas
(We sang Geurrero's mass based on this motet in November 1998.)
- I missed the rehearsal. I'd appreciate any notes from others who attended, pieces rehearsed, etc. Thanks.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
- We were in a mixed arrangement (rather than sections) for about half the rehearsal.
- New music – Jacob Arcadelt: H'hiver Sera et L'été Variable (Winter and summer are variable)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
- Accolades all 'round for our musical offering at Sunday's service.
- New music – J. S. Bach: Kantate 116: Du Friede fürst, Herr Jesu Christ (Lord Christ, Thou art the Prince of Peace)
Sunday, May 1, 2011
- Service of Worship, 11:00AM at Arlington Forest United Methodist Church.
- Guest singers from the Arlington Forest Church Choir.
- Woody English, trumpet.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
- Please arrive at 10AM Sunday to sing for the service at Arlington Forest UMC.
- New music – Hymn #317 for the service Sunday: O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
- Additional Director's notes for the Messiah selections.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
- Louise Lee led the rehearsal tonight.
- New music: from Messiah
- Behold the Lamb of God
- Since by man came death
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
- Louise Lee led half the rehearsal; Jenny Bland led the other half.
- New music: Georg Frederick Handel: Halleluia Chorus from Messiah, for the Sunday
Service May 1st at Arlington Forest UMC.
- New music for tonight: from Messiah
- And the Glory of the Lord
- And He shall purify
- Glory to God
- Amen (conclusion of Worthy is the Lamb)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- Louise Lee is slowly on the mend; Jenny Bland led the rehearsal.
- New music for tonight: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria (courtesy of Maurice)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
- Louise Lee is back at home; Brent Chivers led the rehearsal.
- We spent time on the 3 against 2 proportion section of the Josquin Gaude virgo (m21-23).
- Yabba Dabba Doo Baba Looey!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
- Louise Lee is in the hospital; Jenny Bland led the rehearsal.
- New music for tonight:
- Thomas Tallis: If ye love me
- Jacques Arcadelt: Margot labourez les vignes
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
- No rehearsal – Louise wasn't feeling well.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
- We've been invited to sing with the Arlington Forest choir for the Sunday morning service on May 1
— the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
- Part corrections and director's notes below.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
- New music: Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat (see part corrections below)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
- No rehearsal tonight – inclement weather.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
- Part correction: Sweelinck Gaudete omnes, basses p4, m9 first note is E♭, not F. (Correct in reduction.)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
- Rehearsal this week will begin at 9:40PM so we don't disturb a 7:00-7:30 prayer service in response to the shootings in Tucson.
(All are welcome to attend the service.)
Please come in quietly if you arrive before the service ends.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
- New music: anonymous (c. 1420): There is no rose (small group)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
- Happy New Year! Welcome back!
- New music:
- Josquin des Prez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi (rehearsed April/May 2010)
- Jacques Clément (Clemens non Popa): O Maria, Vernans Rosa
- Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum est Regnum (rehearsed April/May 2010)
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaudete omnes
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
- Please be in the Penthouse of The Hermitage, ready to sing at 6:30pm next Wednesday (Dec 8).
- Area Map from The Hermitage's web site.
You can also get there on Filmore Street from Beauregard, but that's not shown on this map.
(Goodwin House is also on Filmore St, on the opposite side of Beauregard.)
- Please arrive at Arlington Forest UMC by 9:55am on Sunday, Dec 12 to rehearse the music for the service.
We will meet in the Sanctuary.
There will be a service with amplified guitar going on in the Chapel, but they will be quiet enough for us to rehearse from 10:00 to 10:30.
- We will not rehearse December 15th, 22nd, or 29th.
Our next rehearsal after the December 12th service will be January 5, 2011.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
- The December 8th program order:
- John Rutter: Personent hodie
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Hodie Christus natus est
- arr. Victor C Johnson: The Coventry Carol
- Michael Bedford: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
- arr. Alice Parker: Behold the Grace Appears
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa Brevis in C Major (K 220) except the Credo
- William J Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger
- John Rutter: Joy to the World!
- We will sing Thomas Weelkes' Nunc dimittis for the service Sunday December 12.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
- We will have a rehearsal November 24, Thanksgiving eve.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
- The December program – not in order:
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Hodie Christus natus est
- Thomas Weelkes: Nunc dimittis
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa Brevis in C Major (K 220) except the Credo
- William J Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger (red/pink cover, Mack Wilberg Choral Series; Four Christmas Carols, #3 says "Away in a Manager")
- John Rutter: Joy to the World!
- John Rutter: Personent hodie
- arr. Alice Parker: Behold the Grace Appears (cover says "Shepherds and Angels")
- Michael Bedford: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
- arr. Victor C Johnson: The Coventry Carol
This is about 40 minutes of music.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
- Louise will have the program order available within the week.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
- New music (from last year): arr. Victor C Johnson: Coventry Carol
- We now have printed copies of Kibworth (arr. Alice Parker) Shepherds and Angels.
- We will not be singing the Credo of the Mozart Missa Brevis at either December performance (concert Dec 8, service Dec 12).
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
- New Music: Kibworth (arr. Alice Parker): Shepherds and Angels
Wednesday, October 7, 2010
- New Music: Giovanni Gabrieli (arr. Richard Weymuth): Hodie Christus natus est (double choir)
- Rehearsals will start 10 minutes earlier, 7:30pm – 9:30pm. No one at tonight's rehearsal was opposed to the change.
- Tentative concert date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010. (Location TBD.)
- Louise will start collecting to cover music and other costs next week – $25.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
- New Music:
- Thomas Weelkes: Nunc dimittis
- John Rutter: Joy to the World!
- John Rutter: Personent hodie
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
- Welcome back, everyone!
- Three potential new members sang with us tonight — Song (soprano), Bonnie (alto), and Gary (tenor).
- New Music:
- Mozart: Missa Brevis in C Major (K 220)
- Michael Bedford: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
- Please bring John Blow's My God, My God, Look Upon Me from last year.
Part Corrections:
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- Josquin des Prez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi
- Basses p7 m22, "t" of "pati" is missing.
- Jacob Arcadelt: H'hiver Sera et L'été Variable
- All parts p38 m22, syllable "e" of "continuera" is missing; place it on the note
before "ra".
- Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum est Regnum
- Spranos m22, no comma.
- Tenors and basses m25-26, no comma between "Sancti" and "omnes", but add comma between "omnes" and "Sancti".
- Vivaldi Magnificat: 4. Fecit Potentiam
- P22 m18, add quarter rest to complete the measure.
- Vivaldi Magnificat: 5. Deposuit
- Altos p25 m19, first note is C (in unison with everyone else).
- Vivaldi Magnificat: 9. Gloria
- Basses ignore promiscuous note p45 m24.
- Sopranos p47 m35 B♮.
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaudete omnes
- Basses p4, m9 first note is E♭, not F. (Correct in reduction.)
- Tenors p14, m115 last note is D, not C, in the reduction.
- Mozart Missa Brevis in C Major (K 220) Kyrie
- Tenor p1 m7 1st quarter note should be dotted.
Director's Notes:
- Giovanni Gabrieli: Hodie Christus natus est
- Choir II Altos m3, m9, m11 E♮.
- M20 off on beat 4 (dotted half note and quarter rest).
- Choir I Sopranos m52 B♭
- Entrances at m56 and m57 mf.
- Entrances at m64 and m65 pp, as an echo.
- Entrances at m72 and m73 mp.
- Choir II Basses m77 E♮.
- Choir I Tenors m84 F♮ beat 1, F♯ beat 4.
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaudete omnes
- P12 m93, all parts cres.
- P13 m99-100, all parts mp.
- Altos p13 m101-105, ignore f/p markings.
- P14 m106-107, all parts p.
- P14 m110-111, all parts ignore f.
- P14 m113, all parts no cres.
- P15 m116, all parts cres.
- Vivaldi Magnificat: 3. Et misericordia
- All entrances of "Et misericordia" text p.
- Vivaldi Magnificat: 4. Deposuit
- P23 m1, all parts begin mf, not f.
- P25 m26, all parts do from the 2nd eighth note into the next measure as an echo, then cresendo.
- Vivaldi Magnificat: 7. Suscepit Israel
- P32 m2-3, no break between "Israel" and "puerum".
- Georg Frederick Handel Messiah: 22. Behold the Lamb of God
- m 4 eigth-note entrances.
| 3 measures after rehearsal letter | | eight-note entrances. |
| Sopranos 3 measures after | | dotted "tak-eth away". |
- Throughout, "sins" plural.
- Georg Frederick Handel Messiah: 48. The trumpet shall sound
- Throughout, dotted "corruptible".
- Mozart Missa Brevis in C Major (K 220) Kyrie
- P1 m8, p3 m2 softer, as an echo.
- P4 m3 eleison p, Kyrie mf.
- P4 change the last note from a quarter note to a half note.
- Mozart Missa Brevis in C Major (K 220) Gloria
- P7 m5 Tutti entrance mf.
- 2nd Tenors p8 m1 F♮.
- P8 m8/9 mf.
- P9 m13 accelerando to regain lost tempo.
- P11 last note is quarter note. (Undo earlier change to half note.)
- Mozart Missa Brevis in C Major (K 220) Credo
- P15 m7 no break between passus and et.
- Mozart Missa Brevis in C Major (K 220) Agnus Dei
- Altos and Tenors P28 m4-6 and p29 m11 - p30 m2 bring out the syncopations.
- Altos p30 m1 remove the extra syllable re on beat 1.
- P30 m 12 ritardando.
- William J Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger
- M8 all women sing.
- M31 all men sing.
- Tenors m56 bring out dissonance.
- M70 off on beat 3 (half note and quarter rest).
- John Rutter: Joy to the World!
| Sopranos 4 measures after rehearsal letter | | G♮. |
- Alice Parker: Behold the Grace Appears
- Tenors m15 B♮.
- M39 poco ritardando.
- M40 entrance mf rather than f.
- Michael Bedford: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
- M3 no break after virtue.
- M12 no ritardando.
- M16 no break after was.
- Entrance at m27 p rather than mp.
- Sopranos m30 F♮ beat 3, F♯ beat 4.
- Sopranos m42 E♮ beat 1 (and 4).
- Tenors and Basses m28 no crescendo.
- Tenors and Basses m31 p rather than mf.
- Tenors and Basses m36 pp rather than p.
- M36 no fermata.
- Victor C Johnson: The Coventry Carol
- M34 first note quarter note (add eighth rest) instead of dotted quarter.
- Sopranos and Altos m34 no less.
- Tenors and Basses m34 mp.
- Altos and Tenors m42 echo to slay.
- M54 begin ritardando
- M60 is all parts singing, m64 is Altos and Basses.
- M72 cut off at beginning of measure. (Remove last note.)