Thirteen
members met tonight. We were pleased to
welcome to our ranks a visitor who had attended our last session.
The
ensemble worked on two pieces tonight:
- Jesu,
Joy of Man’s Desiring by J S Bach arranged in four parts. John explained the importance of keeping to
a very strict tempo, and asked us to slightly stress the first beat of each
bar. This helped to give structure to
the music.
Players
of Part 4 needed to retune string 6 back to E before playing the next piece.
- Minuet by Boccherini arranged by K Love. Some tricky things here. How to play pizzicato. Observe the rests. Keep tempo, don’t speed up in quaver bars.
Break
for tea and coffee – thanks to Trevor for supplying and serving refreshments.
The
remainder of the evening was taken up by our Annual General Meeting.
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