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From:  nicktenor@a...
nicktenor@a...
Date:  Mon Dec 10, 2001  3:44 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] One small step for mezzo...


Vicki Bryant wrote:

<< << Tonight I sang Messiah solos over an orchestra - and people told me
they could hear me clearly!!! (And I get to do it again tomorrow).
:) >>

Please let me add my congratulations to Vicki. As it happens, I had a
similar situation on Saturday - it was my 3rd acquaintance with Puccini's
Messa Di Gloria (a piece I love more than is probably healthy for me!)

It's been a couple of years since I've sung the work, and during the interim
period my voice has started to mature and develop in terms of power. For the
first time on Saturday (in Canterbury), I found myself possessed of
sufficient "oomph" to be able to confidently sing the "Gratias agimus tibi"
solo in the Gloria without worrying whether the audience would be able hear
me over the combined efforts of the hefty brass section for which the piece
is scored. (Tuba and all). I enjoyed myself tremendously.

The contrast of the hefty solo in the Gloria and the achingly beautiful "et
incarnatus" solo in the Credo is simply divine. What a super work. I know it
has its knockers (oo-er) but I adore it.

Cheers to all

Nick Sales
www.tenorecord.com - my Gilbert & Sullivan CD
www.nicksales.com


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