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30 Christmas-tide RESOURCES P CD track 33 P Warm ups: Nos. 10a,11a,15a,17,18b b Information singers first! Likewise the G in bar 18. This carol, another masterpiece by Bob Chilcott, has the 1 Put the sections together, not worrying too much about most exquisite words, which repay reading before very quiet singing or ritenutos and tempo changes just attempting to learn the music. They blend the human and now––go for continuity. divine, with the message that Mary’s love for her child could not be any stronger, even though he was prophesied Ideas a king. It has some real ‘close harmony’ in parts, and 1 In the early stages of rehearsing a piece like this, although it is written for SATB, the men’s parts would suit particularly for a young or less experienced choir taking young baritone voices as the range is sympathetic, and the on new challenges, continuity and a sense of tenor parts manageable. The piano accompaniment achievement can be accomplished by singing it through supports the voices very well. with just the main melody. For example, the sopranos and altos could sing bars 5–12; possibly add the Starting harmony in bars 13–15; boys/men take their solo in 1 Begin with smooth slow scales and long-held notes for bars 15–19; then everyone sings the melody from bar breath control. 21; soprano bars 26–7; then tutti (everyone) the last five 1 Sing the first exercise below smoothly, with supporting bars. Variations on this idea are possible to suit your chords if possible. Modulate to higher keys, taking the situation. voices as high as you like. At theb very least, sing the exercise in the key of the piece, E major (as in the Listen out second exercise below), before moving on. 1 If the sopranos are finding the top F too high, build in some gentle exercises such as ‘sirening’ (see notes to I(C) VI(Am) IV(F) I(C) 4 Š song No. 11 or warm up No. 35), which will encourage 1 V 4 Š Š Š Š Š Š voices into the head voice. Also try some scales which Š Š Š Š ‰ gradually go up high enough. 1 Lul-lee, lul-lay lul-lee lul - lee, lul-lay With such close harmony, less experienced singers lose b b b confidence in holding their notes. Revisit some I(E ) VI(Cm) IV(A ) I(E ) sectional work and piece the parts together gradually so bb 4 Š Š Š Š that the singers can hear where they are in the 2 V b4 Š Š Š ŠŠ Š ‰ collective sound. Š 1 The boys/men may need to work on tone production to Lul-lee, lul-lay lul-lee lul-lee, lul-lay give their solo some strength. Don’t force voices but encourage singers to project them. Improve the tone by using the finger-squeezing technique (see song No. 5, Teaching and rehearsing Ideas). 1 1 Learn the melody of bars 5–8 with everyone. Look at In bar 24, make sure the two phrases feel as though they bars21–5:thisisthesamemelodyplusabar,with join, despite the rest and large interval. This is only a different words. matter of thinking and intention by the singers! 1 Stay with this chunk of melody and try the harmony partsinbars13–15.Theyaresimpleandmovevery Performing little, and are relatively open chords compared with 1 Theperformancemaybehelpedbyincreasingthe other passages. tempo a little so that longer phrases don’t run out of 1 Some sectional work would help at this point unless energy. Whatever the tempo, the words must be very singers can read and learn quite easily all together. clear and as expressive as possible. Focus on the passages at bars 9 to10, 25 (end) to 27, 1 Follow what’s in the music, and let it speak for itself. and 30 to 32. 1 Tenor and baritone will need to practise their solo in bars 15–19. Support fromb the piano will make this easier, although the C in bar 17 has to come from the

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Piano part bars 13–14 ad lib.

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rit. slower pa tempo 18Vbbb p 64 p 4 p unis. Š dolceŠŠŠ Š. Še

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