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: Jenny Hatch December 2009 Christmas Concert John Rutters Gloria

Paul took this picture of me before the concert. I believe it went well overall. The Gloria is such a difficult piece, sung in Latin. And the solo that I sang was one of the most difficult I have ever performed.

I brought our digital camera and set it up on a tripod in the audience. I had to start taping twenty minutes before the concert, so I have twenty minutes of people being seated and eight minutes of the Gloria before my memory card filled up.

I was not really intending to tape the whole concert, or even the whole Gloria, but I was hoping to get the solo on tape. It cut off right before I started to sing in Movement two.

We have a second performance tonight, but I am not going to mess with the camera again. It was so fun to sing with this group! We really had a great time, and singing before a live audience is one of my favorite experiences in life! Please have a wonderful holiday season and enjoy the first movement of John Rutters Gloria, brought to you by the Colorado Repertory Singers. I am standing on the left side of the stage, stage right to all you theatre people, on the second row.

Rutter Gloria English Translation

I sing as a soloist with the Colorado Repertory Singers. This year we are performing John Rutters Gloria during our Christmas Concert. Last thursday at our rehearsal the director asked me to sing the high soprano solo during the second movement. I am so excited to perform it! My voice teacher gave me a great lesson on saturday just to prepare for this solo!

I created the above PDF of the Latin to English translation just to remind myself of the meaning of the words we will sing.

Here is the cambridge singers version of the second movement. The soprano solo comes in at 4:48. This is my all time favorite piece of music on the Earth! I was priviledged to sing it in 1999 with the Colorado Mormon Chorale accompanied by the Boulder Brass! Enjoy!