Conducting a recitativo accompagnato
Chapter 22 - preliminary exercise how to conduct passively, individual orchestral chords, prepare the vocal line, orchestral part: active and passive passages, change of tempo/meter, transitions/connections, choice of beating pattern, summary
By clicking on the corresponding chapter below the videos, you can select and repeat each topic. Have fun!
Preliminary exercise
Individual orchestral chords
How to prepare the vocal line
Orchestral part
Change of tempo/meter
Transitions/connections
Choice of beating pattern
Summary
Preliminary exercise
- Recitativo accompagnato - preliminary exercise
- how to conduct passively using soft gestures without click
- how to show empty bars for orchestra
- consecutive empty bars can be indicated at once
- how to use this technique when conducting solo concertos with orchestra
Individual orchestral chords
- preliminary exercise how to conduct individual orchestral chords
- gliding passively through the beating pattern
- giving occasional upbeats in between, as if for a strong accent
- varying the tempo by in between the upbeats
How to prepare the vocal line
- MENDELSSOHN Elijah No. 10
- how to prepare the vocal line:
- learn the vocal part by heart
- find your own interpretation
- draw in the breathing pauses
- varying tempo and phrasing
Orchestral part
- MENDELSSOHN Elijah No. 10
- how to identify the passages for active and for passive conducting
- during the active passages you lead the orchestra and the singer with your gestures
- during the passive passages you follow the singer and take along the orchestra with you
- bars 1-13
Change of tempo/meter
- MENDELSSOHN Elijah No. 10
- change of tempo and change of meter from bar 14
Transitions/connections
- the conducting meter is up to your own choice
- how to control the orchestral chords
- every other bar you change from conducting actively and passively
Choice of beating pattern
- MENDELSSOHN Elijah No. 10
- change of tempo and change of meter from bar 49
- conducting in FOUR
- conducting in TWO
Summary
- MENDELSSOHN Elias Nr. 10
- summary
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