Dear friends,
For those of you who like to plan ahead and to be especially organized and prepared, I share our rehearsal schedule for tonight and this weekend. We will generally go in program order tonight, though we will skip many of the pieces we have spent a lot of time on the last few days. We will spend most time tonight on the pieces on which we collaborate with the Plymouth Brass and Plymouth Ringers to make most efficient use of our collective resources! : ) We begin rehearsal, oddly, though, with the second half of the program. That is because our narrator, Suzanne, is not able to arrive by 7:30, and we want to be sure we have a chance to practice some of the first-half segues with her later in the evening.
Tonight:
7:15 warm-up in choir room (including stanza 1 and p. 15 of O Day Full of Grace)
7:35 Begin second half of program: We Three Kings procession
7:50 Mendelssohn recit and trio (soloists only)
7:55 O Morning Star
8:00 O Glorious Light/ Joy to the World
8:10 This Little Light
8:20 O Come All Ye Faithful
8:30 break
8:40 Begin first half of program: opening procession: Creator of the Stars
8:47.5 segue into Light of a Clear Blue/ O Day Full of Grace
8:55 Come Thou Redeemer
9:05 Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
9:15 segue into In terra pax
9:25 segue into Lux aurumque
9:30 segue into Mary Boychild
Sunday morning: (all Abendmusik Chorus singers are invited and encouraged to join us!)
9:45 warm-up in choir room
9:55 O Little Town of Bethlehem (with harp and organ-- vs. 3 for prayer through music)
10:00 This Christmastide (with harp and organ)
10:15 back to choir room: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Sunday afternoon: (please remember we will wear solid bright color, longsleeve top, and long black bottoms, no intensive smells)
2:45 warm-up in choir room
3:00 move to sanctuary, practicing processional, make sure everyone has a seat and space to stand in loft
3:05 O little Town of Bethlehem then This Christmastide (excerpt) with harp
3:15 In Terra Pax with organ
3:20 return to choir room: final break, so please make all necessary personal adjustments
3:30 O Morning Star
3:35 Lux
3:40 Mary Boychild
3:45 Light of a Clear/ O Day Full of Grace
3:50 Lost in the Night
3:55 prayer and silent break
4:00 move to sanctuary: DAWN OF REDEEMING GRACE
Thanks for all your are contributing to our exciting week!
TT
