Another week, another chorus rehearsal: another new piece.
Last night we got our shiny, new scores for La damnation de Faust by Hector Berlioz. The first thing to say is this thing is huge – it weighs about two pounds! Carrying around all the music books we now need every week is certainly going [...]
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Chorus of gnomes and sylphs, Berlioz
Posted in Chorus, Classical, tagged berlioz, damnation of faust, practice on 1 May, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil
Posted in Chorus, Classical, tagged rsno, rachmaninov, berlioz on 25 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes – I know I blogged about this the other week. I’m not going senile, but it’s the only music I’ve listened to today. I’m beginning to wonder about the wisdom of my blogging strategy. Anyway, I turned on the car radio on my way home from work and this is what [...]
Janacek Otcenáš
Posted in Chorus, Classical, tagged brahms, janacek, lord's prayer on 24 April, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the things I love about singing in the chorus is the chance to sing such a wide range of music. Tonight was a great example. Back after a two week Easter break (I know, we’re a very orthodox choir…), the rehearsal was split in two. In the first half, we worked on the [...]
Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil
Posted in Chorus, Classical, tagged all-night vigil, rachmaninov, rsno, vespers on 3 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After the Daphnis et Chloé concerts at the weekend, it was time leave behind French impressionism and sing some words and tunes at our RSNO chorus rehearsal last night. Apart from some small contributions to the orchestra’s summer season, we are pretty much done for the rest of this term. That means we [...]
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1
Posted in Chorus, Classical, tagged cello, Chorus, rsno, saint-saens, steven isserlis on 29 March, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am fortunate enough to sing in the chorus of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. One of the great things about this is that I – a humble, amateur singer – am allowed to share the platform with some of the most talented musicians in the country, if not the world. From [...]
