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A vocal performance by 1000 singers and a composition by Merlijn Twaalfhoven
The final rehearsal
What do the singers expect?
A chaotic experience, which I expect to become a whole one saturday.
In which we are going to have a lot of fun
I have no idea
We have been rehearsing for a few weeks
But it makes no sense
But we do as we are told..
..and do some improvisation..
.. and after the rehearsal I think to myself..
.. what in the world did I just do.
Step by step everything is getting clearer
at first we thought it was a bit boring
But after yesterday's rehearsal together with the other choirs
we found out that it was much more..
complicated than we thought at first.
We had only one piece of paper with 3 instructions.
So, I think its' going to be something really special.
The music is a bit complicated..
..there are a lot of different rhythms..
..but also parts that are not rhythmic at all..
..and it all has to come together..
.. the way Merlijn composed it.
So it's pretty hard but it's also a challenge..
.. to just keep on singing.
I think it's going to be beautiful
I think it's oke, but..
we also had to rehearse all the songs during the weekends
And I didn't really feel like..
..giving up my spare time to practice.
The songs are very difficult
It's not like anything we've ever sang before
We just rehearsed a part of which we had only small bits with our group
and it's beautiful when it comes together.
How do you think it's going to sound with a 1000 voices?
Impressive
It's probably beautiful
but I can not yet imagine the result
I've got a feeling there will be a lot of waiting
but I hope to get a glimpse of what the other choirs are doing.
But i find it very surprising what Merlijn has been writing and how it all fits together
and how beautiful it already sounds.
Usually at home
I just sing pop music
So it's the first time I sing this kind of music
In the very beginning..
..you can't really get what you are working on
I attended this the rehearsal this afternoon
and also the rehearsals before that
and after a while...
.. you get how it all fits together
What are your expectations for saturday?
I don't know, but it's very exciting
and also a little scary because I do this for the first time
I think its going to be a lot of fun
but also a bit messy
But I think it's going to be alright when it all comes together.
This afternoon we had a rehearsal with all the professional musicians and leaders.
It was a lot of fun and sounded really good
And when all those voices from all those people join in..
I think it's going to be amazing
How did the singers experience the final performance?
Especially the response from the audience was very funny
The people who where sitting next to my choir
didn't have a clue we were part of the show
and when we started singing they were like 'wow!'
'They are a part of it too!'
That was pretty funny
Everybody joined in
and that was a lot of fun
the singers walked on and off the stage
they walked and they sang at the same time
It was a lot of fun!
I think it went better then during the rehearsals
I think it went really well
Great to see that it all came together on it's own
The piece became a independent whole, and that was great to experience.
and also very exciting.
Amazing!
Amazing
It was very chaotic in the beginning
So I'm very surprised, and I am very happy I participated.
Fantastic!
How it went? Great! Fun!
It was all just very exciting
Every time you hear new things
Its fascinating!
In the beginning we weren't sure where the music was heading to
and I was not sure if I wanted to participate
But after a while you hear more and everything gets more and more exciting
Great
This is a very different experience for me
In the beginning I a bit unsure of what was going to happen
It was a real surprise
And in the end I heard the whole piece
It was very impressive!
It was a musical spectacle
A musical piece of art!
And it was an impressive job to get 1000 singers on board
and to logistically get everything to make sense
That it doesn't go wrong
That things that aren't supposed to be messy aren't messy
And that the things that are supposed to be messy really are messy.
With a lot of dissonant notes which gives the music a lot of tension
a lot of silent parts, a lot of drones.
I was very excited to be a part of it
The music is a bit strange and you need to get used to it
But I thought it was very beautiful too
Until the very last moment I didn't have a clue what it was going to be like.
Especially the soundscape which did'nt sound so good during the rehearsals was very impressive to hear
when you where in the theater room and heard all the small noises \
It was really beautiful!
It was a lot of fun
and also very beautiful
with the solo-singers and all the different tones
And it was put together ingeniously
That was the best part
With all the small details and small notes
I've seen some of Merlijn's work before
which was also a game of tones
and this was kind of the same
but I think its great that he keeps on doing that
and this time in Carre with so many people
I thougt it was fantastic
I was also a bit moved
Working to together with so many people to make something so beautiful
While I had only heard bits and pieces
I thought it was beautiful
Totally flabbergasted
It was so much fun to hear the music in it's entire
We are very ecstatic
During the rehearsal you only rehearse a small part
Only the part of your subchoir
and you think "what is this going to become?"
It was a lot of fun!
I would definitely do it again