Singing, singing, in the singing pool
Oct. 6th, 2006 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shark_hatNew term this week so choir started up again yesterday; Stravinsky, Poulenc, Vaughan Williams. Spot the deliberate mistake? Yes, they're all evil modern composers whose work looks simple, but never has any patterns you can get hold of, and the key and time-signature change every other bar. Why are you so mean to us, Mr Conductor? Whyyyy not leaven it with something twiddly??? [Bambi eyes]
(And yes, a lot of the modern stuff does sound good, and yes, it can be fun to sing when you get to grips with it, and yes, it does stretch the skills. Just- a mixture of old and new is a hell of a lot easier to manage.)
On the plus side, for the first time we're singing something I've done before (the Poulenc Gloria) and it's amazing how much has come back from five years ago and how much easier it makes it.
I'll be able to go to a couple more rehearsals before I leave. Should be worth doing.
(And yes, a lot of the modern stuff does sound good, and yes, it can be fun to sing when you get to grips with it, and yes, it does stretch the skills. Just- a mixture of old and new is a hell of a lot easier to manage.)
On the plus side, for the first time we're singing something I've done before (the Poulenc Gloria) and it's amazing how much has come back from five years ago and how much easier it makes it.
I'll be able to go to a couple more rehearsals before I leave. Should be worth doing.
