All of the recorded rehearsals and sectionals of the Oakland Symphony Chorus, starting September 7, 2005. http://www.oaklandsymphonychorus.org/ http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/C/Choral/Performing_Groups/Mixed_Choirs/North_America/United_States/California/ Copyright (c) Oakland Symphony Chorus, 2005-6. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Wed, 17 May 2006 23:00:00 -0700 Wed, 17 May 2006 23:00:00 -0700 Sunday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1440 David Watt Edited by hand The Oakland Symphony Chorus rehearses every Wednesday night at St. Peter's Church in Rockridge, Oakland, CA. We record our rehearsals and put them on line for later review. David Watt dave@watt.com Oakland Symphony Chorus, Lynne Morrow, Magen Solomon, OSC no This MIDI file was put together by Rena David and Karen Ivy for use by the altos. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Cantate.mid?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Wed, 17 May 2006 23:00:00 -0700 We spent the first half of the rehearsal on the Rosenthal (The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls), and the second half on the La Rocca (Cantate Domino). Larry Rosenthal attended, and offered a number of constructive comments about tempo and expression. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/May-10-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 11 May 2006 14:00:00 -0700 This file is an MP3 of The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, by Laurence Rosenthal. It was created by putting the score into Sibelius 4.1, then exporting the file as a high-quality MP3. This version includes a metronome clicking in the background, in addition to the piano accompaniment. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Rosenthal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Mon, 08 May 2006 17:20:00 -0700 This file is an MIDI of The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, by Laurence Rosenthal. It was created by putting the score into Sibelius 4.1, then exporting the file as a MIDI. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Rosenthal.mid?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Mon, 08 May 2006 17:20:00 -0700 We quickly read through America the Beautiful and Let Us Break Bread Together, and spent the majority of the rehearsal on the Rosenthal piece. At the end, we managed to do a run through! https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/May-03-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 04 May 2006 14:00:00 -0700 The OSC's performance of Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, with the Oakland Civic Orchestra, conducted by Lynne Morrow, and recorded at the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Saturday, April 29, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/OSC-OCOMozartAveVerumCorpus-04292006.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:15:00 -0700 The OSC's performance of the first movement of Mozart's Regina Coeli, with the Oakland Civic Orchestra, conducted by Lynne Morrow, recorded at the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Saturday, April 29, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/OSC-OCOMozartReginaCoeli1-04292006.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:15:00 -0700 The OSC's performance of the first movement of Mozart's Regina Coeli, with the Oakland Civic Orchestra and soprano soloist Krista Pfeiffer, conducted by Lynne Morrow, recorded at the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Saturday, April 29, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/OSC-OCOMozartReginaCoeli2-04292006.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:15:00 -0700 A performance of the third movement of Mozart's Regina Coeli, by soprano soloist Krista Pfeiffer and the Oakland Civic Orchestra, conducted by Lynne Morrow, recorded at the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Saturday, April 29, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/OSC-OCMozartReginaCoeli3-04292006.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:15:00 -0700 The OSC's performance of the fourth movement of Mozart's Regina Coeli, with the Oakland Civic Orchestra, conducted by Lynne Morrow, recorded at the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Saturday, April 29, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/OSC-OCOMozartReginaCoeli4-04292006.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:15:00 -0700 The OSC's performance of Haydn's Te Deum, with the Oakland Civic Orchestra, conducted by Lynne Morrow, recorded at the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Saturday, April 29, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/OSC-OCOHaydnTeDeum-04292006.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:15:00 -0700 The OSC's performance of Kodaly's Te Deum, with the Oakland Civic Orchestra, conducted by Martha Stoddard, recorded at the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Saturday, April 29, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/OSC-OCOKodalyTeDeum-04292006.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:15:00 -0700 This was recorded at the First Congregational Church in Oakland. We performed everything in order: Ave Verum Corpus, then Regina Coeli, then the Haydn Te Deum, and finally the Kodaly Te Deum. Lots of good sound here! https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Apr-28-2006DressRehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:45:00 -0700 We rehearsed with the Oakland Civic Orchestra tonight. The first half of the night we spent on the Kodaly Te Deum; the second half first on Regina Coeli, then the Haydn Te Deum, and finally Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Apr-26-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:00:00 -0700 The first half of the rehearsal we did run throughs of the Mozart, Haydn, and Kodaly. The second half we spent on the Break Bread music. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Apr-19-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:00:00 -0700 This is an MP3 of all the voices in A Thousand Voices, by Ellen Hoffman, with the full orchestra accompaniment. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/05%20A%20Thousand%20Voices%20-%20full%20orchestra.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:30:00 -0700 This is an MP3 of just the bass part to A Thousand Voices, by Ellen Hoffman, with the piano accompaniment. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/04%20A%20Thousand%20Voices%20-%20bass%20with%20piano.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:30:00 -0700 This is an MP3 of just the tenor part to A Thousand Voices, by Ellen Hoffman, with the piano accompaniment. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/03%20A%20Thousand%20Voices%20-%20tenor%20with%20piano.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:30:00 -0700 This is an MP3 of just the alto part to A Thousand Voices, by Ellen Hoffman, with the piano accompaniment. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/02%20A%20Thousand%20Voices%20-%20alto%20with%20piano.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:30:00 -0700 This is an MP3 of just the soprano part to A Thousand Voices, by Ellen Hoffman, with the piano accompaniment. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/01%20A%20Thousand%20Voices%20-%20soprano%20with%20piano.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:30:00 -0700 We spent the entire rehearsal on the Kodaly Te Deum: the first hour with Lynne Morrow conducting, and the balance of the rehearsal with Marty Stoddard guest conducting. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Apr-12-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:30:00 -0700 Paul Flight's audition for director of the Oakland Symphony Chorus, April 12, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/auditions/Apr-12-2006PaulFlight.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 12 Apr 2006 23:30:00 -0700 Vicki Burrichter's audition for director of the Oakland Symphony Chorus, April 8, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/auditions/Apr-08-2006VickiBurrichter.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:00:00 -0700 Lynne Morrow's audition for director of the Oakland Symphony Chorus, April 8, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/auditions/Apr-08-2006LynneMorrow.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:00:00 -0700 Buddy James's audition for director of the Oakland Symphony Chorus, April 8, 2006. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/auditions/Apr-08-2006BuddyJames.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:00:00 -0700 We rehearsed music for the Break Bread concert. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Apr-05-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sat, 8 Apr 2006 08:00:00 -0700 The Oakland Civic Orchestra attended, and we ran through our works with them. Due to the microphone placement and balance issues, hearing either the chorus or the conductor on this recording is difficult. The orchestra comes through clearly, though. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Mar-29-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:00:00 -0700 We sang through Ave Verum Corpus, Regina Coeli, and the Haydn, then read the Hoffman and Cantate Domino. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Mar-23-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 24 Mar 2006 08:00:00 -0700 We woodshedded the Kodaly Te Deum, in depth, and made great progress on it. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Mar-18-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:30:00 -0700 We're performing Cantate Domino at the Break Bread concert in May. This is an MP3 of the parts, with accompaniment. There's lots of mixed meter in the work, so you'll probably want to have your score with you when you listen to it. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/04%20CantDom(midi).mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:00:00 -0700 We discussed the concert, then proceeded to read everything for our next concert: the Mozart Regina Coeli, then the Haydn Te Deum, then ending up with the Kodaly Te Deum. David Watt gave a rather vague update on how the director search is going at break time. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Mar-01-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:30:00 -0700 We warmed up, then reviewed individual sections of the Stabat Mater before joining the OEBS for a joint rehearsal. This recording contains only the time when the chorus rehearsed alone. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Feb-21-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:30:00 -0700 Lynne Morrow was back this week. After a brief warmup, we went through all of the Dvorak once more. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Feb-15-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:30:00 -0700 David Kurtenbach guest-conducted the chorus while Lynne Morrow was down at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles. We ran through the entire Stabat Mater and did some touch-up work, and went home early. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Feb-08-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:00:00 -0700 Rena David led the warmup of the women. Then we rehearsed the Dvorak in movement order, beginning to end, stopping to nail down a few things en route. About twenty minutes before the end of the rehearsal, the sopranos and altos were dismissed, and the men rehearsed movement six until noon. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Feb-04-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:00:00 -0700 We did some touch-up review of individual sections of the Dvorak, then Michael Morgan came in and conducted the whole thing for us. Many of the tempo choices were different than we'd been working on: mostly, much faster than we'd anticipated. We also sight-read the Mozart Regina Coeli for the last few minutes. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Feb-01-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:00:00 -0700 We did a complete run-through of all of the choral movements of the Dvorak, with some review in between. We also got copies of the Mozart Regina Coeli, but did not have a chance to read it. We're planning to perform Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus memorized, as a processional, for the April concert... so memorize it! https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Jan-25-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 25 Jan 2006 15:00:00 -0700 Kip Cranna, Musical Administrator of the San Francisco Opera, led a discussion of Dvorak's Stabat Mater. He began with the text of the Stabat Mater, which comes from the late 13th century, then examined settings of the Stabat Mater through history, with examples from Gregorian chant, Pergolesi, Rossini, and Verdi. We then listened to examples of Dvorak's other music, including sections from the New World Symphony, the Humoresque, and his most well-known opera, Rusalka. Finally we listened to and sang much of the Stabat Mater itself, analyzing the structure of the piece as we went along. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Jan-21-2006DiscoveryDay.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:00:00 -0700 Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, and movements 3 and 7 of the Dvorak. The last 90 minutes of the rehearsal are not available: a power cord fell out of the outlet, stopping the recording after 70 minutes or so. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Jan-18-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:49:00 -0700 Movements 1, 4, 6, and 10 of the Dvorak. The men rehearsed movement 6 by themselves for the last 15 minutes of the rehearsal. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Jan-11-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:30:00 -0700 Movements 6 and 10 of the Dvorak, in that order. We focused on women-only parts at the beginning of the rehearsal, and men only (in movement 6) at the end. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Jan-04-2006Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Fri, 6 Jan 2006 12:30:00 -0700 Movements 7 and 1 of the Dvorak, in that order. We did lots of careful work on intonation and pronunciation throughout: Virgo is pronounced "Veego" when we sing it, and Virginum "Veegeenum", particularly when sung pianissimo. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Dec-14-2005Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:30:00 -0700 Second week of the Dvorak. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Dec-07-2005Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:41:00 -0700 The first half of the rehearsal was spent on notes from Sunday's rehearsal, and polishing the Borodin and the Faure. Lynne will be out of town next week. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Oct-26-2005Rehearsal-Part1.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 28 Oct 2005 01:37:00 -0700 The second half of the rehearsal was dedicated entirely to the Galindo. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Oct-26-2005Rehearsal-Part2.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:37:00 -0700 We sang the last two movements of the Faure, and ran through the Borodin. Lynne had a number of notes about the Faure, on which we spent the last 15 minutes of the rehearsal. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Oct-19-2005Rehearsal-Part2.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:15:00 -0700 Brian Nies and the soloists for the Faure attended. We sang through most of the Faure in this section, which runs from the start of the rehearsal to the break. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Oct-19-2005Rehearsal-Part1.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:15:00 -0700 Part 1 of 5 subsections of the full MP3 of the work. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/TradeRoutesA-B.mp3?public Guillermo Galindo Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:05:00 -0700 Part 2 of 5 subsections of the full MP3 of the work. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/TradeRoutesC-E.mp3?public Guillermo Galindo Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:05:00 -0700 Part 3 of 5 subsections of the full MP3 of the work. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/TradeRoutesF.mp3?public Guillermo Galindo Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:05:00 -0700 Part 4 of 5 subsections of the full MP3 of the work. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/TradeRoutesG-L.mp3?public Guillermo Galindo Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:05:00 -0700 Part 5 of 5 subsections of the full MP3 of the work. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/TradeRoutesM.mp3?public Guillermo Galindo Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:05:00 -0700 Guillermo Galindo attended this rehearsal. Together, we walked through the spoken rhythms for the spoken sections of Trade Routes where speak the names of countries in Latin America. We continued the walkthrough of the MP3 of his piece. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Oct-12-2005Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:05:00 -0700 For the first half of the rehearsal, we did a complete run-through of the Borodin and Faure while mixed into groups. For the second half we went through the Galindo, reading our scores while listening to the parts on the CD. We also distributed 40 copies of the Galindo MP3 burned onto CDs for people to use for practice. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Oct-05-2005Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:46:47 -0700 The recording begins around 8pm. We sang the Borodin with words for the first time as a group, then did lots of detailed work on the Galindo. We ended with a couple of movements from the Faure. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Sept-28-2005Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:46:47 -0700 We started with the Sanctus and Agnus Dei from the Faure. From about 8:30 on, we read through the Galindo for the first time, with extensive notes as to who sings what parts. There are spoken sections in addition to the part splits. Talk to Lynne Morrow to see whether you're in the speaking group. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Sept-21-2005Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:46:47 -0700 This is an MP3 of the score to Trade Routes, created by the composer using Finale. We'll publish more information about the chorus' sections within this as we figure them out. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/GuillermoGalindoTradeRoutes.mp3?public Guillermo Galindo Copyright (c) Guillermo Galindo, 2005. All rights reserved. Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:44:05 -0700 A full read-through of the Borodin, still without lyrics, then a few selected movements of the Faure. Lynne suggested that people will want to do more warm-ups on their own before rehearsal, because we won't use as much rehearsal time for them. https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/brillig/Music/chorus/2005/Sept-14-2005Rehearsal.mp3?public Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:26:49 -0700 Our first rehearsal with Lynne Morrow, our guest conductor for the 2005-6 season. The rehearsal is in three parts: Movements 1-3 of the Faure Requiem, then all of Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, then the rest of the Faure. 7:30 - 10:00 pm, St. Peters Episcopal Church, Oakland, CA. http://www.watt.com/~dave/music/chorus/2005/Sept-07-2005Rehearsal.mp3 Oakland Symphony Chorus Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:42:12 -0700