Last night was a chorus rehearsal and so I didn't have much to do.
We started with Act 2, which is always a good thing for me. I enjoyed "The Last Supper" as usual, but we skipped over some of the principal numbers to focus on the chorus sections. Did the first part of "Judas' Death", skipped the middle bit ("My mind is in darkness now..."), then came back in with "you have murdered me..." for the chorus to come in with "So long Judas...". This sounded great in the end. There is a real clash between the accompaniment (minor key - for me) and what the chorus sing (major key). When the accompaniment stops and we are just left with the chorus, it resolves itself to the major key and sounds fab.
"The Arrest" and "Pilate and Christ" are coming on nicely. David is so right as Pilate and the chorus are really getting into the spirit of the scenes. We just need to lose the books so people can concentrate on putting the feeling into the words, and not get lost when turning a page!
Finished off with "Superstar" which went well again.
Next week is chorus only, so principals get a week off. Then the week after is NO BOOKS! We all get a fortnight off at the end of August, so I just hope we can all remember what we're doing when we come back!
Cleethorpes Carnival on Saturday. Looks like the weather should be good, so hopefully it will be an enjoyable evening.
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This was my old blog from before I moved to France. Back in the archives you can still read all about my time as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, along with many other random ramblings.
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