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Off Topic => The Pub => Arts and Entertainment => Topic started by: Wowbagger on 23 March, 2017, 12:07:26 am

Title: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Wowbagger on 23 March, 2017, 12:07:26 am: My choir is performing this on 8th April I have spent a few evenings practising it with my Iphone and a bluetooth speaker set. It is an absolutely wonderful work.

We are singing it in English, but the recording I am using is in German, a performance conducted by John Eliot Gardner. I karaoke my way through it with, mostly, not too much trouble. However, one or two of the choruses are taken at such a pace that I struggle to keep up.
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Torslanda on 23 March, 2017, 12:37:57 am: Break a leg!
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Jakob W on 23 March, 2017, 08:54:56 am: It is huge fun, even (especially!) the tricky fuge bits. And 'Ruht wohl' is utterly beautiful. Enjoy!
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Zipperhead on 23 March, 2017, 01:47:53 pm: I love the St. John, and it's wonderful to sing.
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Wowbagger on 23 March, 2017, 04:54:13 pm: Quote from: Jakob W on 23 March, 2017, 08:54:56 am
It is huge fun, even (especially!) the tricky fuge bits. And 'Ruht wohl' is utterly beautiful. Enjoy!

It is! And who but Bach would write the graveside anthem as a minuet and trio? :D
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Asterix, the former Gaul. on 25 March, 2017, 06:32:42 am: Well
Quote from: Wowbagger on 23 March, 2017, 04:54:13 pm
Quote from: Jakob W on 23 March, 2017, 08:54:56 am
It is huge fun, even (especially!) the tricky fuge bits. And 'Ruht wohl' is utterly beautiful. Enjoy!

It is! And who but Bach would write the graveside anthem as a minuet and trio? :D

I can safely say I would never do such a thing :o
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Wowbagger on 08 April, 2017, 06:17:13 pm: Well, off to the performance in about half an hour. Rehearsed today with the soloists and the orchestra. Let's just say that I hope the performance is better than today's rehearsal... :-\
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: hellymedic on 08 April, 2017, 06:43:41 pm: 'When something goes wrong at rehearsal, it's bound to be right at the show'...

Good luck! Hope it goes well!
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Wowbagger on 08 April, 2017, 06:46:16 pm: (https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17799098_1792489234403611_6487257664206315915_n.jpg?oh=be3b11f0bfa3d99eeb21ab49c5e72b01&oe=595A026D)
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: hellymedic on 08 April, 2017, 06:48:25 pm: Gandalf, Gandalf, good gracious me!
Not the wandering wizard that Gave Old Took...
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Andrij on 08 April, 2017, 07:00:32 pm: Quote from: Wowbagger on 08 April, 2017, 06:17:13 pm
Well, off to the performance in about half an hour. Rehearsed today with the soloists and the orchestra. Let's just say that I hope the performance is better than today's rehearsal... :-\

Rehearsals are where one makes mistakes to get them all out of the system. Good luck!
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Basil on 08 April, 2017, 07:13:33 pm: Give it some, Peter. Go for it big time. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Wowbagger on 09 April, 2017, 02:06:13 pm: Disappointing performance. It's not possible to rehearse with the soloists because we hire them for the concert (don't know how much yesterday's cost, but I reckon it would have been about £1500. We reckon to lose a fair bit of money on every concert we run). We rehearse each chorus as a "stand-alone", with a chord from the accompanist and being counted in by the conductor, so that bit is easy. When it comes to the performance the soloists and the choir are supposed to lead seamlessly into each other for quite a few of the pieces and on two or three of the choruses we missed our cues. We covered the entries a bit in the afternoon rehearsal, but tbh I think we should have concentrated far more on the entries and less on the content once we had got going. We know the content pretty well.

Ho hum. Can't be helped. More of a disconcert than a concert.

PS My 3-word 7-note solo went perfectly!
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Zipperhead on 09 April, 2017, 10:09:04 pm: Quote from: Wowbagger on 09 April, 2017, 02:06:13 pm
PS My 3-word 7-note solo went perfectly!

So, you're him?
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Wowbagger on 09 April, 2017, 11:39:51 pm: Quote from: Zipperhead on 09 April, 2017, 10:09:04 pm
Quote from: Wowbagger on 09 April, 2017, 02:06:13 pm
PS My 3-word 7-note solo went perfectly!

So, you're him?

I ... am not! :D
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: liam_whippet on 12 April, 2017, 06:56:48 pm: If you've still got your score, and fancy a sing-along, it's on Radio 3 in half an hour ...
Title: Re: J. S. Bach - St. John Passion
Post by: Wowbagger on 12 April, 2017, 09:11:02 pm: Thanks! Am tuned in now. Will have to listen again next week.