Joint Retreat - BRAHMS REQUIEM - Sunday, March 2, 2025
Venue: St. Philip’s Anglican Church Hall/Gym - 3737 W 27th Ave., Vancouver
Parking: street as marked and the school lot across the street
Enter: via the left staircase when facing the church (gym is to the right)
Please keep the space SCENT free - to avoid triggering allergies
**If you require a music stand - please BRING one :)
There will be video and audio recording done of the three rehearsal blocks (by the Vivaldi CC team) - but no open Zoom link. The recordings will be shared afterwards.
Singers - please bring:
- Your score
- Pencil
- Water bottle
- Finger foods to share (please no nuts - mark GF and vegan/vegetarian items)
Orchestra members - please bring:
- A music stand (there are none at the venue)
- Your music
- Pencil
- Water bottle
- Finger foods to share (please no nuts - mark GF and vegan/vegetarian items)
- (Brass players - please bring something for emptying valves - avoiding slippery floors)
Break-down of the day
1PM - venue will be opened by Freda Miller, President Vivaldi CC
1:15-2:15 - combined choirs - please sit beside singers from “the other choir”
Jeon Mok collaborative pianist
- Warm-up
- Key spots:
- Movement 2 - page 20 - Letter H (measure 198) to measure 231
- Movement 3 - page 30 - measures 17-33 - matching articulation
- Page 38 - Letter F (measure 144) to end of movement
- NOTE: trying Movement 5 (sop solo) seated
- Movement 6 - opening to measure 28 - for matching articulation
- (We will work the transition from C into the Vivace WITH orchestra)
- Page 75 - measure 208 to Letter K (m. 266) - fugue balance and articulation
- Movement 7 - run for tuning and diction (time permitting)
- You will “mark” or shadow as the orchestra rehearses it’s tricky spots
2:15 - orchestra final set-up and tuning - choir stretch break
2:30 - 3:30 - orchestra rehearsal - singers can “shadow” or just listen
- Key points and transitions (not full run-through)
- Movement 1 - mm. = 74-76 for the quarter note
- From measure 119 to the end
- **final measure: strings will pizz with first harp note - winds/brass will play their chord
AS the harp plays the 10th note in the arpeggiated chord**
- Movement 2 - pick-up to letter G to measure 237
- Movement 3 - opening to letter C (measure 66)
- Measure 103 to end of movement
- Movement 4 - Letter A to fourth measure of B (measure 69)
- Movement 5 - **mm.=50 for the quarter note** - opening to letter B
- Letter D (oboe/cello duet) - to letter E
- Tune final chord
- Movement 6 - opening to letter A
- Letter C to letter D (for transitions)
- Measure 201 to letter G (transition and fugue)
- Pick-up to measure 339 (11 before the end of the movement) - subito p etc
- Movement 7 - mm.=66 for the quarter - Letter D to the end
3:30 to 4:00 - Break and sharing of finger foods (set up by volunteers)
4PM - Soloists called
4:00 to 5:45PM - Full run-through together
6:00 to 7:00 - Social Time
Thank you for making time for this rehearsal together - giving us a chance to build community
as we build this iconic work... it means a lot to everyone involved!
Orpheum Timings March 30th:
12:30 – 2:30 Orpheum crew assemble risers and orchestra
1:30 – Tympani & Harp, choir and orchestra can arrive
2:00 – warm up
2:30 – 3:00 entrances & exits
3:00 – 5:00 tutti making music
5:00 – 5:30 ?
5:30 – 7:00 dinner break 6:00 to 7:00 NO ONE ON STAGE (Members can bring their own food or go out)
7:00 on site
7:15 line up
7:30 curtain
Dressing rooms – Choirs up on 5th floor, Orchestra below stage (where VSO hangs), soloists in small dressing rooms, largest space will be the quiet room, smaller for Edette and possibly a second quiet space.
Chorus dress for both concerts: Tuxes / Aqua
Orchestra dress: all black formal
