Ave Maria:
- Women making the warmest sound we can make, especially at the beginning of the piece. It sounds a little thin.
- Everyone but the sopranos singing with more meter at the beginning. Translation: softer on b. 2.
- Men, more precision on every entrance during the Womens Choir vs. Men's Choir section.
- Pull more on the words "ventris" and "sancta"
- Men, think eighth notes at the "ora pro nobis" part
- Sounding phrases that end with "MMM" or "NNN" more (only a couple of places)
- Sing with emotion on "Sancta Maria". It isn't just a volume, it is a feeling--one of great need and great salvation.
- I'm hearing a problem with every O vowel--I am hearing a spread sound in the men. Tenors are still slightly under pitch.
- Men must work on these words: SO, TOWN, NO, PLACED, LOOSED
- Men, we can't be too loud on the word "bowed."
- The women's incredible E major chord on MEEK must be perfectly reproduced in the men's E major word SAID.
- A woman's voice breaks every time we sing "And kiss the feet of God." I've previously written it off as a once in a lifetime thing but I've heard it on the last three recordings. If your voice does something funny there, don't sing!
- Men, we will strive for a rhythmic release on "This place is fit . . . . here is the rest we need"
- The second time we sing KING at the end, we are dying away too quickly, we need to keep it stronger. I'm going to reinterpret that today.
No comments:
Post a Comment