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The cd of the last (official) public group performance I gave is out on streaming and I’m in my feelings

https://music.apple.com/us/album/we-beheld-once-again-the-stars-live/1533177563?i=1533177566

#z randall stroope #vexilla regis #choral music #harmonium choral society #double choir #dante #dante's inferno #we beheld again the stars

Great Mass in C minor (1783) - Qui tollis

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From one of his rare works for double choir, Venite populi (K.260/248a), Adagio

#wolfgang amadeus mozart #w.a. mozart #k. 260 #venite populi #double choir #music

Lauda Jerusalem - Vivaldi For double choir, double orchestra, and two soprano soloists.

Gemma Bertagnolli & Roberta Invernizzi, soprano

Concerto Italiano ensemble vocale e strumentale

Rinaldo Alessandrini

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Charles Villiers Stanford - Magnificat for Double Choir

This amazing Magnificat was inspired by Bach's own Mag. It's an absolutely amazing piece of music and extremely difficult to sing. We sang it in Durham Cathedral on Monday and this is definitely a piece written for grand buildings!

Enjoy :)

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Post-Thanksgiving

Aye, some much has occurred in the past weeks since Thanksgiving. I really do need to catch up without a doubt. For this entry, I'll work backwards up to my lest entry, if that makes sense for readers.

This past Sunday was the usual Post-Thanksgiving service at St. Andrew's. I spent the holiday in New Jersey with my girlfriend's family and made the trip back on Saturday. I figured that the bass section could use more assistance (as not as powerful as my voice is) on the beloved Stainer anthem "I Saw the Lord." I must say, the anthem is a fun-filled ride and what makes it even more beautiful is the use of double choir.

Our director, Peter Luley, split the choir in half, with of course being generous to voice placements, as we sang the anthem. Whose voice worked best with Choir I or II was placed where they needed to be. Placed in Choir II, I was content (and blessed, sorry for the pun) to have a comfortable range composed by Stainer. Though, my low "G" is just a small growl, it still can be produced.

We have sang this anthem before at Lessons and Carols (video will be supplied in a new entry) and produced a great sound. For a Sunday mornign service, the results were not bad, to be completely honest. Our rehearsals start at 9:40 AM and around 10:30 AM it began coming together. Even though we have went through consistent rehearsal time, it was the first Sunday morning after Thanksgiving...we are all human.

Other than the Stainer, we performed a Mendelssohn's "Above All Praise and All Majesty" as a prelude, which came together beautifully. That selection has a comfortable rotation in our repertoire at St. Andrew's, commonly due to the specific day on the calendar etc. It was a relatively easy Sunday, music wise. The challenge majority of the time is beldning with the other members and finding that beautiful balance in the church space. Each selection has it's benefits, and don't get me started an Psalms and Anglican chant (soon to come!).

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