Final rehearsal:
Saturday, June 11th, 7 – 9:30 p.m (with ORCHESTRA)
Concert, Sunday, June 12th,
choir call is 3 p.m.
Concert dress:
Men- black suit or tuxedo, white shirt, long black tie or bow tie, black socks, black shoes
Women- all-black outfit: a long dress; blouse and long pants; or blouse and long skirt. Black or nude hose, black shoes. Accents: diamonds or pearls. Skirts must be well below the knee. No short skirts. No sleeveless tops.
The program:
Music the choir will perform:
Jerusalem by C. H. H. Parry
Five Mystical Songs – 1. Easter
Five Mystical Songs – 2. I Got Me Flowers
Five Mystical Songs – 3. Love Bade Me Welcome
Five Mystical Songs – 4. The Call (Soloist only)
Five Mystical Songs – 5. Let All the World
Dona Nobis Pacem Fine Recording
Robert Shaw and Atlanta Symphony
Dona Nobis Pacem Youtube Videos:
The Youtube videos include the score. Unfortunately, the voice-part practice always includes the lengthy soloist passages. You will probably want to learn to bypass the soloist parts and get right to your own part. Every video shows a slider that tells you the elapsed time. One drags the slider to a certain time to find the choir parts. I recorded the approximate times of choir entrances, which should help.
Dona Nobis Pacem – 1. Agnus Dei
Dona Nobis Pacem – 2. Beat! Beat! Drums!
Dona Nobis Pacem – 3. Reconciliation
Dona Nobis Pacem – 4. Dirge for Two Veterans
Dona Nobis Pacem – 5. The Angel of Death
Dona Nobis Pacem – 6. O Man Greatly Beloved
Dona Nobis Pacem on Cyberbass:
On Cyberbass you can control the volume and speed easily. And the recordings have only the choir parts, so you do not have to figure out how to bypass the passages sung by the soloists.
http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Williams_RV/williams_rv_DonaNobi.htm
Dona Nobis Pacem audio:
A few recordings I made before I discovered the Cyberbass offering. These are helpful because you can hear more than one voice part. And there are no lengthy soloist passages. They are very easy to play, just one click.
St. Louis Church Choir 