Hitting the big time
The Tallis Scholars are in town and as they are planning to sing Tallis' Spem in alium have recruited extra people to fill up the numbers. Nominally the extras are from the Trinity College choir, but inevitably there have been more needed; a number of Gombert-ites were asked. Early this week I had a call from ST asking if I was available - I of course replied yes, so Tuesday evening saw us all (well, nearly all of us) rehearsing in Trinity chapel.
Then yesterday we had a call from 3-6pm. I took a day off work which was probably the easiest way to do it. We did some good work and around 5pm Peter Philips turned up and took us through the Tallis. Initially I found his beat rather hard to interpret but by the end of the rehearsal I think I got the hang of it. He seemed pleased with the sound we produced and our grasp of the work.
The crunch comes tonight: the concert starts at 7.30. We sing a short bracket (Bruckner, Durufle, Finzi) then are joined by the TS for Spem. After that the main attraction sing their party pieces and the night finishes with another performance of Spem.
For those interested the whole lot's being broadcast live on ABC Classic FM. Wish me luck!
Then yesterday we had a call from 3-6pm. I took a day off work which was probably the easiest way to do it. We did some good work and around 5pm Peter Philips turned up and took us through the Tallis. Initially I found his beat rather hard to interpret but by the end of the rehearsal I think I got the hang of it. He seemed pleased with the sound we produced and our grasp of the work.
The crunch comes tonight: the concert starts at 7.30. We sing a short bracket (Bruckner, Durufle, Finzi) then are joined by the TS for Spem. After that the main attraction sing their party pieces and the night finishes with another performance of Spem.
For those interested the whole lot's being broadcast live on ABC Classic FM. Wish me luck!
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