We are singing some Handel in choir. Technically.
Honestly? Handel is kicking our heinies (pardon my faux-German). 12/8? With dotted notes? You have got to be kidding me.
Since we are, essentially, an amateur choir, it might be a bit much to imagine we can learn this (and several other pieces) in time for a dual concert with the orchestra in five weeks, especially since YouTube and all the library systems let me down with their selections from Judas Maccabeus. There isn't a single recording in any of the surrounding library systems. Even on YouTube there are no recordings of two of the more wickedly hard choruses we have to learn.
Makes me want to learn 'em even more. Now I just have to figure out how.
Any tips or tricks for those who can't really play piano with that many accidentals in the key signature in that time signature with that many dotted notes?
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Oh! What parts of Judas Maccabeaus are you doing? We did some of that for a Christmas concert last year. I even had a short solo in the chorus of virgins- while being noticeably pregnant, which I found ironic. Amazon has mp3 downloads for the whole oratorio, if it's worth a couple dollars to you.
ReplyDeleteThe Internets are amazing! So is your irony. :) You are a digital age genius. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWe're doing four of the choruses (and our performance is that weekend you'll be in the area) along with an original piece based on "The Jabberwocky," I think, and also a couple of other things we haven't even started learning because of Handel's current whoopin' of our rear ends.