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PETERBOROUGH
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Verdi's Requiem - Notes and Excercises

Exercises to help the chorus prepare for The Dream of Gerontius

There are two pages of exercises in this pdf

Notes for Chorus prior to performance

No. 1 Requiem and Kyrie Eleison
p.1
l.2
b.1
vocalised whisper 'mystery'
b.4
very soft 'q'
p.2
l.1
'pleading'
l.2
b.2
'x' on beat 2
p.3
l.2
b.3 (and following)
no 'h' in 'hymnus'
p.4
sopranos breathe after these words: hymnus, Sion, reddetur
p.5
l.1
b.3
basses circle middle c
b. 5-6
dim
b.6
tenors: 'ad te' should be mf
l.2
b.2
sopranos 'legato'
b.6
replace semibreve with dotted minim
p.6
l.1
b.4
tenors mark up arrow over g sharp
p.7
l.2
b.5
mark 'ff dim' over final note
p.9
l.2
end
mark 'chorus in over'
p.10
b.2
mark rit
p.18
b.3
tenors mark 'cresc.'
p.19
end
mark 'V.S.'
p.20
b.2
mark 'look up'
mark 'Sssshh'
No.2 Dies Irae
p.22
l.1
b.1
mark time signature as 2/2
p.23
l.1
b.2
don't snatch at note
p.24
l.2
b.2
basses circle first note
p.25
l.1
b.1
basses don't worry about accent on final note - rather sing the first note of b.2 strongly
l.2
b.2
first tenors breathe after the semibreve on 'Di-'. Attack f in b.3 with an accent
p.26
l.2
b.5
mark 'sing through'
p.29
l.1
b.1
basses mark 'mf'
b.2
basses mark 'dim'
sopranos mark 'mp' (Aim for 'i' of 'irae')
p.30
mark 'sing - this is chorus'
p.31
l.2
b.3
circle rest
p.32
l.1
b.4
mark last note 'pp'
p.34
l.1
tenors join basses
p.37
l.2
b.1
very little 's' on 'nes'
p.39
l.2
end
mark 'V.S.'
p.45
l.2
mark '(pp)'
p.46
l.2
b.1
mark time signature as 2/2
b.2 and 4
mark 'dim'
p.47
l.1
mark 'not quieter'
p.47
l.2
b.1
basses mark 'mf' not 'pp'
b.3
basses mark 'dim'
p.49
l.1
b.3
mark 'with menace'
b.4
mark 'ff' at start of bar.
p.56
l.3
b.1 and following
the three tenor parts are taken by altos, first tenor and second tenor respectively
p.57
l.2
sopranos mark 'solo'
p.58
b.2
mark 'poco piu mosso'
b.3
basses 's on 3rd beat'
p.67
b.2
first tenors take upper part; second tenors take lower part
p.68
b.2/3
mark 'not quieter'
p.88
Please note this music is different from page 25
p.89
l.1
b.2
mark 'not slower'
p.96
b.2 and following
'all basses' / 'all tenors'
p.101
b.1
mark 'f'
No. 4 Sanctus
p.129
b.2
1st tenors sing with 1st basses
b.4
both choirs please sing second choir parts for 2 bars
p.131 and following
clip longer notes to make it light and dance-like
p.141
b.3 and following
atb replace dotted crotchets with crotchet + quaver rest
p.142
b.3
first basses mark 'dim'
p.143
b.3
second tenors might care to circle the a natural!
p.148
b.5
second tenors should join the last note with their entry at the top of p.149 with a big arrow.
p.153
b.4
add pause
No.5 Agnus Dei
p.155
l.1
b.1
mark 'big breath'
b.3
the rhythm is crotchet, crotchet, dotted quaver, semiquaver, crotchet
l.2
b.2
don't shorten the low G, and do take a breath
p.156
l.1
no breath in the phrase 'dona eis requiem'
p.157
l.2
mark 'V.S'
No.7 Libera Me
p.175
l.1
take a breath after 'aeterna', mark a tenuto on the 'di' of 'di-e', and make 'il-la tre' a triplet
p.189
l.1
sopranos please mark your part to the end of the work.
l.1
b.2&6
hum 'm' of 'requiem'
p.190
l.1
b.3
sopranos shorten last quaver
all parts mark the crescendo to 'f'
l.2
b.4
sopranos shorten last crotchet
p.191
l.1
b.4
mark every crotchet 'f'
breath after first beat
p.192
l.1
b.2
breath after first note
b.4&6
hum 'm' of 'requiem'
p.193
l.4
b.3
altos breath after 'aeterna' if needed
p.194
l.1
b.1
altos mark 'quando' as 'mp'
p.194 and following
all parts 'et terra' has two t's
p.194
l.2
b.4
sopranos delete crescendo marking and mark 'mp'
p.195
l.2
b.1
basses mark 'quando' as 'mp'
p.196
l.1
b.4
altos mark entry as 'mf'
l.2
b.1
tenors mark entry as 'mf'
p.198
mark 'Sssshh!'
p.199
l.1
b.3&4
'molto cresc'
p.202
l.1
b.2
stb mark first note as short
p.204
l.2
b.1
sopranos pounce on first note
p.207
l.2
b.5&6
'et terra' has two t's
p.215
l.1
b.1
mark 'not slower'
p.216
l.2
b.1
mark 'dim'
p.217
l.2
b.3
sopranos mark 'Sing! This is chorus'