Spring term, 2021
This term we worked with Sarah Tenant-Flowers, on Zoom.
Sarah provided us with these vocal exercises on YouTube, and these ones.
Music
Links to pdfs:
- Rachmaninov’s Vespers
- Tebe poyem from Rachmaninov’s liturgy of St John Chrysostom
- Elgar
Learning materials for the Vespers (includes midi and mp3 files, and recording of rehearsal with language coach)
Midi and MP3 files for the three Elgar pieces are available in the collection maintained by John Fletcher (JohnF’s Rehearsal Files) . You need a subscription to access these files, but a free one can easily be obtained.
Rehearsals
| Part | Starts at |
16 March | |
| Warm-up | Beginning |
| Vespers 5 (Nine otpushchayeshi) | 10 minutes |
| Vespers 15 (Zbrannoy voyevode) | 36 minutes |
| Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Tebe Poyem | 46 minutes |
| Elgar’s Ave maris stella | 56 minutes |
9 March | |
| Announcements | Beginning |
| Warm-up | 3 minutes |
| Vespers 6 (Bogoroditse Devo) | 15 minutes |
| Vespers 10 (Voskreseniye Hristovo) | 24 minutes |
| Vespers 9 (Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi) | 50 minutes |
| About Papagena’s Hide and Seek | 64 minutes |
2 March | |
| Announcements | Beginning |
| Warm-up | 3 minutes |
| Vespers 1 (Priidite, poklonimsia) | 12 minutes |
| Vespers 14 (Voskres iz groba) | 22 minutes |
| Vespers 9 (Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi) | 46 minutes |
| Elgar’s Ave verum corpus | 57 minutes |
23 February | |
| Warm-up | Beginning |
| Vespers 7 (Slava v vishnih) | 12 minutes |
| Vespers 8 (Hvalite imia) | 23 minutes |
| Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Tebe Poyem | 46 minutes |
16 February | |
| Intro, Jo and Tommy | Beginning |
| Warm-up | 4 minutes |
| Elgar’s Ave Maria | 16 minutes |
| Elgar’s Ave maris stella | 30 minutes |
| Vespers 15 (Zbrannoy voyevode) | 45 minutes |
9 February | |
| Warm-up | Beginning |
| Vespers 3 (Blazhén Muzh) | 12 minutes |
| Vespers 13 (Dnes spaseniye) | 23 minutes |
| Vespers 9 (Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi) | 40 minutes |
| Elgar’s Ave maris stella | 57 minutes |
2 February | |
| Warm-up | Beginning |
| Vespers 1 (Priidite, poklonimsia) | 10 minutes |
| Vespers 6 (Bogoroditse Devo) including Vigil structure and links to icons | 18 minutes |
| Vespers 9 (Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi) | 42 minutes |
26 January | |
| Warm-up | Beginning |
| Vespers 7 (Slava v vishnih) | 12 minutes |
| Elgar’s Ave verum corpus | 35 minutes |
| Vespers 9 (Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi) | 52 minutes |
19 January | |
| Warm-up | Beginning |
| Vespers 1 (Priidite, poklonimsia) | 14 minutes |
| Vespers 3 (Blazhén Muzh) | 34 minutes |
| Elgar’s Ave Maria | 54 minutes |
12 January | |
| Vespers 3 (Blazhén Muzh) | Beginning |
| Elgar’s Ave Maria | 8 minutes |
Index to Zoom recordings
Each cell shows the start time in munutes of the session dealing with the listed movement in the recording of the date shown. And the number is a link that will take you there.
| 12/1 | 19/1 | 26/1 | 2/2 | 9/2 | 16/2 | 23/2 | 2/3 | 9/3 | 16/3 | |
| 1. Priidite | 14 | 10 | 12 | |||||||
| 2. Blagoslovi | ||||||||||
| 3. Blazhen muzh | 0 | 34 | 12 | |||||||
| 4. Svete tihiy | ||||||||||
| 5. Nine otpushchayeshi | 10 | |||||||||
| 6. Bogoroditse Devo | 18 | 15 | ||||||||
| 7. Slava v vishnih | 12 | 12 | ||||||||
| 8. Hvalite imia | 23 | |||||||||
| 9. Blagosloven yesi | 52 | 42 | 40 | 46 | 50 | |||||
| 10. Voskreseniye Hristovo | 24 | |||||||||
| 11. Velichit dusha | ||||||||||
| 12. Velikoye slavosloviye | ||||||||||
| 13. Tropar’. Dnes spaseniye | 23 | |||||||||
| 14. Tropar’. Voskres iz groba | 22 | |||||||||
| 15. Vzbrannoy voyevode | 45 | 36 | ||||||||
| Chyrsostom, Tebe Poyem | 46 | 46 | ||||||||
| Ave verum corpus | 35 | 57 | ||||||||
| Ave Maria | 8 | 54 | 16 | |||||||
| Ave maris stella | 57 | 30 | 56 |