Sponsor: Wendy
S1: Janette, Kathy
S2: Juliana, Max
A1: Annie, Wendy
A2: Louli
Sailing all parts
Sailing – sop 1
Sailing – sop 2
Sailing – alto 1
Sailing- alto 2
The arranger, Nicholas Hare, has endeavoured to share the interest amongst all the voice parts, but each singer should be aware at all times of who has the melody, so that it is allowed to stand out.
Blend and balance of the harmony is another vital element in successful performance of this music, and vibrato should be kept to a minimum so that the chords are clean and perfectly in tune. The various vocalisations (ah, ooh, mm etc) may be be considered as suggestions only and varied according to the performance conditions.
Throughout this piece there is contrast between smooth flowing lines for some voices while others, especially Alto 2 from bar 21) have more rhythmic figures. Alto 2 goes quite low in places; ideally this should be sung as written, but if there is a problem with projecting the sound at this low pitch some alternatives are given.