Viva voce preperation
preperation for the spoken part of AS AQA music performance exam. for softly awakes my heart and kijes wedding.
- Created by: branerz_96
- Created on: 07-01-13 17:04
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- Viva Voce (softly awakes my heart)
- Background Questions
- What style is it
- It is an operatic aria
- Mezzo soprano solo
- unusual to have as a solo but popular in french operas
- Mezzo soprano solo
- It is an operatic aria
- When
- He wrote the opera from 1867-1874
- Unknown when he wrote softly Awakes
- He wrote most of act 2 first so most liky in the late 1960's
- Unknown when he wrote softly Awakes
- He wrote the opera from 1867-1874
- What are the features of that style
- Smooth, dramatic, sensitive, solos
- Who composed it
- Camille Saint-saens
- As part of an opera
- In act 2 Delilah is attempting to seduce Samson into telling her his secret of his strenghth
- As part of an opera
- Camille Saint-saens
- Why did you choose this piece
- Slow piece wanted to improve technique
- What style is it
- Performance Questions
- What are the requirments of your piece in terms of:
- Phrasing
- Tempo
- Expression
- Dynamics
- How are the acoustics in D7
- Any performing conventions e.g rubato, ornmantations
- Listened to other pieces, What influence did this have?
- What are the requirments of your piece in terms of:
- Technique
- How did you overcome this difficulty
- What is difficult about the piece
- How have you approached:
- *********
- Breathing
- Background Questions
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