Yeah, it helps that I was YSO stage manager at the time. :-) And actually, I think you were right—it was probably just the Glee Club, not the Camerata. I don't think we had everybody down on the Woolsey stage until Carmina, which was the year after the Walton. Now I'm trying to remember who was involved the next time I was in it (Camerata, much more recently). Possibly Philharmonia?
I'm rather fond of it, truth be told—it's a very cheesy piece, but so much fun to sing. :-)
I knew that was the piece in question, but I have no memory of singing the word "eunuchs," especially not in such an emphasized way. It's possible that wasn't in the alto line. Though it's also possible that this piece has been overwhelmed in my mind by the memory of "Peaceable Kingdom," which is what I think is running through my head right now. My memory of Belshazzar may not be very clear.
And having successfully beaten apintrix on the buzzer (<grin>), I can add that the lick in question is the opening of the piece, and is for four-part men's chorus, a capella , and runs "Thus spake Isaiah: 'thy sons which thou shalt beget, they shall be taken away, and be eunuchs in the palace of the King of Babylon. Howl ye! Howl ye, therefore! For the day of the LORD is at hand.'"
The orchestra then comes back in (for "by the waters of Babylon"), and we find out how much pitch the men lost in that page and a half. ;-)
Heh. I think we did OK... but yeah, it's an adventure. It's a bit of a misleading page and a half, I think—it's only about 30 seconds, as I time myself doing it (from memory, so I might have miss-timed it, but that seems about right). And fortunately for the choir, nobody knows what the pitch relation of the next orchestral entrance to the final note of the choir section is. :-D
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Spring semester of 1998 sounds very plausible, given that I remember CP attending with me.
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Yeah, it helps that I was YSO stage manager at the time. :-) And actually, I think you were right—it was probably just the Glee Club, not the Camerata. I don't think we had everybody down on the Woolsey stage until Carmina, which was the year after the Walton. Now I'm trying to remember who was involved the next time I was in it (Camerata, much more recently). Possibly Philharmonia?
I'm rather fond of it, truth be told—it's a very cheesy piece, but so much fun to sing. :-)
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apintrix on the buzzer (<grin>), I can add that the lick in question is the opening of the piece, and is for four-part men's chorus, a capella , and runs "Thus spake Isaiah: 'thy sons which thou shalt beget, they shall be taken away, and be eunuchs in the palace of the King of Babylon. Howl ye! Howl ye, therefore! For the day of the LORD is at hand.'"
The orchestra then comes back in (for "by the waters of Babylon"), and we find out how much pitch the men lost in that page and a half. ;-)
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.. though maybe not in the way the chorus would like it to be. A page and a half a capella?? Wow, that's long!
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