Thursday, January 28, 2010

Help with the language

Choir,

Our rehearsal this coming Monday will be a concentrating on the German for the the Mendelssohn. Look over this document for help in determining what German words you need to master.

(special thanks to Rick Atkerson who caught some errors and corrected them!)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

translation

THE FIRST WALPURGIS-NIGHT.

2. Es lacht der Mai!

A DRUID.


SWEET smiles the May!

The forest gay

From frost and ice is freed;

No snow is found,

Glad songs resound

Across the verdant mead.

Upon the height

The snow lies light,

Yet thither now we go,

There to extol our Father's name,

Whom we for ages know.

Amid the smoke shall gleam the flame;

Thus pure the heart will grow.

THE DRUIDS.

Amid the smoke shall gleam the flame;

Extol we now our Father's name,

Whom we for ages know!

Up, up, then, let us go!

3. Könnt ihr so

ONE OF THE PEOPLE.

Would ye, then, so rashly act?

Would ye instant death attract?

Know ye not the cruel threats

Of the victors we obey?

Round about are placed their nets

In the sinful heathen's way.

Ah! upon the lofty wall

Wife and children slaughter they;

And we all

Hasten to a certain fall.

CHORUS OF WOMEN.

Ay, upon the camp's high wall

All our children loved they slay.

Ah, what cruel victors they!

And we all

Hasten to a certain fall.

4. Wer Opfer heut

A DRUID.


Who fears to-day

His rites to pay,

Deserves his chains to wear.

The forest's free!

This wood take we,

And straight a pile prepare!

Yet in the wood

To stay 'tis good

By day, till all is still,

With watchers all around us plac'd

Protecting you from ill.

With courage fresh, then let us haste

Our duties to fulfil.

5. Verteilt euch

CHORUS OF WATCHERS.

Ye valiant watchers, now divide

Your numbers through the forest wide,

And see that all is still,

While they their rites fulfil.

6. Diese dumpfen

A WATCHER.

Let us in a cunning wise,

Yon dull Christian priests surprise

With the devil of their talk

We'll those very priests confound.

Come with prong, and come with fork.

Raise a wild and rattling sound

Through the livelong night, and prowl

All the rocky passes round.

Screechowl, owl,

Join in chorus with our howl!

7. Kommt mit Zacken

CHORUS OF WATCHERS.

Come with prong, and come with fork,

Like the devil of their talk,

And with wildly rattling sound,

Prowl the desert rocks around!

Screechowl, owl,

Join in chorus with our howl!

8. So weit gebracht

A DRUID.


Thus far 'tis right.

That we by night

Our Father's praises sing;

Yet when 'tis day,

To Thee we may

A heart unsullied bring.

'Tis true that now,

And often, Thou

Fav'rest the foe in fight.

As from the smoke is freed the blaze,

So let our faith burn bright!

And if they crush our golden ways,

Who e'er can crush Thy light?

9. Hilf, ach hilf mir

A CHRISTIAN WATCHER.

Comrades, quick! your aid afford!

All the brood of hell's abroad;

See how their enchanted forms

Through and through with flames are glowing!

Dragon-women, men-wolf swarms,

On in quick succession going!

Let us, let us haste to fly!

Wilder yet the sounds are growing,

And the archfiend roars on high;

From the ground

Hellish vapours rise around.

CHORUS OF CHRISTIAN WATCHERS.

Terrible enchanted forms,

Dragon-women, men-wolf swarms!

Wilder yet the sounds are growing!

See, the archfiend comes, all-glowing!

From the ground

Hellish vapours rise around!

10. Die Flamme reinigt

CHORUS OF DRUIDS.

As from the smoke is freed the blaze,

So let our faith burn bright!

And if they crush our golden ways,

Who e'er can crush Thy light?

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Parking and BCC

BCC Members singing Rogers/Hammerstein this weekend:

1) Tonight: please be SEATED NO LATER THAN 6:45 on the stage of the Concert Hall at the BJCC (<http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&cd=1&ei=iTFXS-r4G5riyQSS4YmWCA&sig2=IUVmMOJlrS_1udFHikOzKg&ie=UTF8&view=map&ved=0CBsQpQY&msa=0&ll=33.527944,-86.809802&spn=0.023468,0.038581&t=h&z=15&msid=109836154395917028220.00047d9b417e7c282247e>click here for directions if needed). I will be there at 6:00 p.m. to assist with placement on stage - bring your patience and flexibility! If you are not present tonight, you are not eligible to sing the concert.

2) Make sure your music is in a black folder and that you have paper clipped the following:
It's a Grand Night - p. 1-10
All the Things You Are - p. 1-8

3) You may call the ASO Box Office to get your comp ticket and purchase additional tickets at a 15% discount (and either pick up or have them placed at "Will Call" on Friday evening

4) You MUST print and bring the attached pdf of the Parking Pass (Thursday and Friday nights) and only park in the lot on the corner of Richard Arrington and 22nd Street North. Otherwise, you will have to pay for parking! Consider carpooling since the ASO is getting billed for every car we bring!


See you tonight!
Dale

Audition Results: Bach Choir

Here are the audition results for the Bach choir.

Congratulations to all those who made the choir.  I know that nerves played a significant part in this audition process and I hope to find a better way to make choices next time!

You will see two choirs listed - Choir 1 and Choir 2 - neither the number of the choir nor the order of the names listed implies any *ranking*.

Choir I
Soprano
Amanda Lowry
Anna Mullin
Brenna Hill
Elise Bahr
Heather Batey
Janice Williams
Jeannie Bubbit
Marla Troughton
Meghan Heinrich
Pat Pleasant
Roxy Nelson

Alto
Adrian Bretcher
Amanda Brown
Becky Walker
Debbie Gray
Dorrie Fuchs
Hannah Helwig
Imelda Vetter
Laura Reder
Maryann Carr
Melissa Beebe
Monica Loggins
Russ Heron

Tenor
Brian Denton
Clay Walls
Kevin Jerrolds
Scott Carpenter
Tommy Thompson
Vincent Batts

Bass
Charles Henry
David Hicks
John Johnston
Ron Hallmark
Ryan Reese
Terre Johnson
Xavier Robertson


Choir II
Soprano
Cassidy Dowdy
Emily Files
Erin Pair
Jennifer Griffen
Julie Martin
Leigh Copeland
Marlynn Hardy
Rachel Hicks
Ruth Benken
Suzanne Scively

Alto
Carolyn Polson
Cathy Pierce
Chris Davis
Emily Rushing
Hannah Holmes
Jackie Cantelmo
Jan Kimble
Jessica Johnson
Lindsey Guamon
Melinda Halvorson
Nancy Lewis
Sarah Hyde
Vicki Carstens

Tenor
Dan Medders
Kerry Jones
Pat Kulovitz
Randy Harrison
Richard Huie
Rick Atkerson
Tom Hart

Bass
Aaron Brown
Alan Smith
Bruce Burson
Jon Pleasant
Lane Snyder
Tim Liptek
Wayne Hay
Zachary Palamara