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Silver: A Feast of Lights

October 10, 2017 / lalacapellmeister / Recordings for Practice
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The Hanukka song by Frederick Silver. This sentimental song should be sung with the rhythm varying to suit the mood. The lala singer’s conductor takes the initial “freely” section at quarter note = 101, and the moderato section beginning at measure 10 at 110. At the bottom of page 5, the phrase “This I wish for you” is at 90, then back to 110. On the last page, first system, last measure, it broadens to 90, and at measure 49 (first measure,  second section) it slows to 70. In that measure there is a “rall”, like so:

The lala singers do it this way, at quarter note =70:

Count four (or two) and off at the beginning of the next beat and continue at the slow tempo to the last system, which is a tempo (110).

So here are the practices pieces.

All parts:

http://peninsulasingers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Feast-of-Lights-2.mp3

Sopranos emphasized:

http://peninsulasingers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Feast-of-Lights-se-2.mp3

Altos emphasized:

http://peninsulasingers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Feast-of-Lights-ae-1.mp3

Tenors emphasized:

http://peninsulasingers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Feast-of-Lights-te-2.mp3

Bass emphasized:

http://peninsulasingers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Feast-of-Lights-be-3.mp3
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4 comments on “Silver: A Feast of Lights”

  1. Karen Pritchard says:
    October 22, 2017 at 1:38 am

    John,
    There is a mistake in the soprano part
    first page, first full measure, I believe the recording is playing two “d”s on the forth beat and the same in the next system second measure last beat.

    Reply
    • lalacapellmeister says:
      October 23, 2017 at 12:58 am

      Fixed that, and a couple of others. Note also the changes in tempo.

      Reply
  2. Noa Wotton says:
    November 16, 2017 at 4:44 am

    Hi! I loved singing this in choir as a kid. Now I’m teaching choir (down in Oregon) and I’d love to share it with my class. I can’t find sheet music for it anywhere though — seems to be out of print. Do you have the sheet music by any chance or know where I could find it?

    Reply
    • lalacapellmeister says:
      November 20, 2017 at 5:25 pm

      Hi Noa,

      We just performed the piece, singing from hand written, xeroxed sheets, supplied by our conductor, Jerry Wright. He might be able to help you out. His email is on the home page of the website (auditions). If he says he can send you his hand-written document, and you use music composition software, get back to me. The La-la singer MP3’s were created from an electronic score. We can get together on a compatible format for you. It only has the vocal parts, but that’s a start. Glad to see others using the website!

      John Silver

      Reply

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