Workshop 2022 - Haydn The Seasons
Rehearsal notes and resource links
REHEARSALS Thursdays 9, 16 June, 7.30pm - 9.30pm Old village hall. Bring a pencil!
WORKSHOP Sunday 19 June Old village hall. Click here for more details.
We have a page of resource links, to free aids to learning many choral works, including The Seasons.
If you use Cyberbass - both the numbering and titles of the movements there are different from the edition we are using, as follows. (Thanks to Hilary for pointing this out.)
WORKSHOP CYBERBASS
3. Come ........... 2.Come.............
7. Be propitious 6. Be now glorious
10. God of light 9. Endless God
14.Behold on high 12. The sun ascends
21. Hark 19. Oh the tempest
22. Now cease 20. The Cloudy welkin
31. Hark 29. Hear the clank
33. Joyful 31. Heyday
42. Wealthy lord 40. An honest
46. Dawn 44. Then comes
Rehearsals week by week
We shall not be singing the whole work, just selected movements. The notes below include some announcements about which movements, and any cuts to them.
9/6/22
We sang from 10 movements.
Spring
3 Come gentle Spring, p.9.
7 Be propitious, bounteous heaven, p.23 (sang from p.26, figure B).
10 God of light, p.46. Choir sang solo part; cut bars 2-5 top of p.48.
Summer
14 Behold on high he mounts, p.60; cut from p.61 figure A to p.65 figure C, and from p.67 figure E to top p.68 bar 4.
21 Hark! The deep tremendous voice, p.83.
22 Now cease the conflicts, p.94, but starting p.96.
Autumn
31 Hark! The mountains resound, p.135.
33 Joyful the liquor flows, p.149.
Winter
42 A wealthy lord, who long had loved, p.178.
46 Then comes the dawn, p.189. All men sing SIMON. Cut bottom p.189 bar 4 to bottom p.192 bar 4.
16/6/22
No special notes - see you on Sunday!
19/6/22 Click here for workshop timetable. Bring a packed lunch. Dress informal.
We shall not be singing the whole work, just selected movements. The notes below include some announcements about which movements, and any cuts to them.
9/6/22
We sang from 10 movements.
Spring
3 Come gentle Spring, p.9.
7 Be propitious, bounteous heaven, p.23 (sang from p.26, figure B).
10 God of light, p.46. Choir sang solo part; cut bars 2-5 top of p.48.
Summer
14 Behold on high he mounts, p.60; cut from p.61 figure A to p.65 figure C, and from p.67 figure E to top p.68 bar 4.
21 Hark! The deep tremendous voice, p.83.
22 Now cease the conflicts, p.94, but starting p.96.
Autumn
31 Hark! The mountains resound, p.135.
33 Joyful the liquor flows, p.149.
Winter
42 A wealthy lord, who long had loved, p.178.
46 Then comes the dawn, p.189. All men sing SIMON. Cut bottom p.189 bar 4 to bottom p.192 bar 4.
16/6/22
No special notes - see you on Sunday!
19/6/22 Click here for workshop timetable. Bring a packed lunch. Dress informal.
