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Dec. 8th, 2011 10:23 pmThings about this year's Christmas concert repertoire, before the concert is over and this is no longer relevant:
- The thing about singing The Holly and the Ivy is that isn't a song that people sing all that often and thus, for the last few years, I've only really listened to this one version I have that seriously paganed up the lyrics. The paganed up lyrics have the advantage of having a chorus that actually rhymes ("deer" and "choir" do not, and that's bugged me ever since the first time I heard the song) and now, every time we do it in choir, it's really difficult for me not to accidentally slip into singing the wrong words. My score is covered with the word "Jesus!" written in large letters in strategic locations.
- Oh my god, but I hate the arrangement of Ubi Caritas that we're doing. It is this one and yes, it is a gorgeous piece and those people sound awesome doing it. However. It is a bugger to sing and I hate it.
- We're doing John Rutter's Gloria and there is a section of the third movement (the amen bit starting at measure 114) that sounds like a Sesame Street song. There's just something about the melodies in that section that's incredibly reminiscent to me of muppet music. Possibly, no one else would make that connection, but it remains in my head every time we sing it.
Concert this weekend!
- The thing about singing The Holly and the Ivy is that isn't a song that people sing all that often and thus, for the last few years, I've only really listened to this one version I have that seriously paganed up the lyrics. The paganed up lyrics have the advantage of having a chorus that actually rhymes ("deer" and "choir" do not, and that's bugged me ever since the first time I heard the song) and now, every time we do it in choir, it's really difficult for me not to accidentally slip into singing the wrong words. My score is covered with the word "Jesus!" written in large letters in strategic locations.
- Oh my god, but I hate the arrangement of Ubi Caritas that we're doing. It is this one and yes, it is a gorgeous piece and those people sound awesome doing it. However. It is a bugger to sing and I hate it.
- We're doing John Rutter's Gloria and there is a section of the third movement (the amen bit starting at measure 114) that sounds like a Sesame Street song. There's just something about the melodies in that section that's incredibly reminiscent to me of muppet music. Possibly, no one else would make that connection, but it remains in my head every time we sing it.
Concert this weekend!
