Cuts/Edits/General Information #1 Tradition: -Cut m. 208 (207 goes straight into 209)... the vamp is dramatically unnecessary; 159, 165, & 171 VAMP TWICE AND STOP #6 To Life: -Cut m. 79 (78 goes straight into 80)... the vamp is dramatically unnecessary -Add big ritard. in m. 227 - quarter notes should be dictated in 4 and about half the speed as normal, almost the same way the fermata quarter notes in m. 228 are treated (we're doing this for a dramatic moment with the "bumping") #10 Miracle of Miracles Mm. 54-60 should be rubato and slow throughout...a tempo shouldn’t start until 61 #11 The Dream: -Cut mm. 108-113 (they're dramatically unnecessary and make the number even longer than it already is). #13 Wedding Introduction -Cut mm. 17-end (m.16 goes straight into m. 1 of Sunrise/Sunset) -Add rit. in mm. 15-16 to create dramatic transition into
Sunrise/Sunset Fiddler parts to be memorized: #1 - played from the roof #7 - only starting at m. 10 when he enters. #11 - mm. 1-137 #13 - from roof #14 - from roof #30
Notes from 5/1 -all tempi faster!
Notes from 4/17 #1 Can the playing stop during the punchlines of jokes? mm. 159, 165, & 171 For the vamps around 34, my suggestion would be to just decide exactly how many times. Danny does the whole speech leading into that in a pretty set pace, so that takes away most unpredictability. Also I think it’d help if both times through of m. 35 were really forte and marcato, it’ll help the cast know when to come in. We’ve been rehearsing this to the 2016 cast album so the cast definitely has all those tempos/pacings in their heads, especially around mm. 34 & 60 #3 I know it’s a major struggle with the girls right now… we’re working on it and they’re aware that they need to step it up. In general felt a little slow, except at 134. I think that can be slower/more deliberate. #4 Overall felt a little slow to me Add big rit. in m. 83 so 84 has a slow 4 feel #5 Everything was great #6 Can we try starting m. a later? The fermata trem. feels really long #10 Big rit. in mm. 55-60, back to a tempo at 61 #11 I think the grandma section started the right tempo then eventually drifted too slow. I need to go over mm. 86-90 with singers. It’s on the list. #14 I think the tempo in general can be slightly more relaxed More dramatic rall. in m. 36 #23 Big rit. in m. 41