Writing Music, Written Music 5

A rehearsal read-through of the last section of the new piece, Weavers of Light. There are still a few corrections to be made in the final notation, but this gives a sense of the last main section of the piece. This is a recording of a read-through in which the piano is playing the vocal parts. That's how you learn parts in choral rehearsals: with the piano playing along. Eventually, the piano plays its own part. This is all part of the choral learning procedure.

Partial rehearsal recording: Weavers of Light    

Here's a sample section of the (uncorrected) score for the last section. Three contiguous pages, at the climax of the music. THis is where the long build-up crests, before fading away again to nothing. You can hear it in the rehearsal recording about a minute from the end.







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Note how the weaving-together of the various musical strands and texts reaches a sort of climax here, as well. This is also where the accompaniment instruments go more poly-modal, and more poly-chordal.