FOUR PHASES OF REHEARSAL

• Scan the piece: “Bird’s eye view”
• Learn the notes: “Mosaic Technique”
• Interpret/Polish
• Make music: “Performance Level”

Programming and Interpretation Factors to consider in choosing a repertoire : Audience, Singers, Patrons/Producers

• How do we choose what works to do with our choirs.
  • * Listen to concerts, recording albums.
  • * Look at the score and study it.
  • * Work with composers/arrangers.
• Elements for Interpretation
  • * Text/Phrase
  • * Tempo
  • * Dynamic Level
  • * Color/Timbre
  • * Direction of the Music

Das 19. Jahrhundert und die Romantik

• Allgemeine Betrachtungen
• Johannes Brahms und seine weltlichen Gesänge
• Op. 42 “Drei Gesänge für sechsstimmigen Chor”
• Op. 62 “Sieben Lieder“