{"id":3027,"date":"2026-01-29T11:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=3027"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:01:46","slug":"gerontius-instructions-final-part","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=3027","title":{"rendered":"Gerontius Instructions Final part"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Fig 86(-1)  – Fig 88:  BOTH CHOIRS<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
S<\/strong><\/td>BCS<\/strong> – singTOP notes of Sop part <\/strong>fromFig 86(+1 to +3) & Fig 87(+1 to +3) PS<\/strong> – singMIDDLE notes of Sop part <\/strong>fromFig 86(+1 to +3)  & Fig 87(+1 to +3)<\/td><\/tr>
A<\/strong><\/td>BCS<\/strong> – singnotes of Alto part <\/strong>fromFig 86(-1 to +3) & Fig 87(-1 to +3) PS<\/strong> – singLOWER notes of Sop part <\/strong>fromFig 86(+1 to +3) & Fig 87(+1 to +3)<\/td><\/tr>
T<\/strong><\/td>Sing TOP note of Tenor part <\/strong>Fig 86(-1) & Fig 87(-1)<\/td><\/tr>
B<\/strong><\/td>Sing BOTTOM note of Tenor part <\/strong>Fig 86(-1) & Fig 87(-1)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Fig 88- Fig 101:BOTH CHOIRS then from Fig 88(+5), PS=chorus 1; BCS=chorus 2<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
S<\/strong><\/td>As per score BUT:<\/strong> Fig 98-99 \u2013 continuous soprano parts moving between BOTH Sop chorus parts<\/td><\/tr>
A<\/strong><\/td>Omit BOTTOM notes Fig 88(+2 to +4) then as per score<\/td><\/tr>
T<\/strong><\/td>as per score<\/td><\/tr>
B<\/strong><\/td>Omit TOP note Fig 88 then as per score UNTIL:<\/td><\/tr>
Fig 100(+11 to end) omit BOTTOM note<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Fig 115- Fig 116:  PS = Voices on Earth; BCS = CHORUS<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 As per score<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Fig 125- Fig 126:  Souls in Purgatory \u2013 ALL voices<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 As per score but Sops sing with Altos (Fig 125(+7)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cANGEL\u2019s FAREWELL\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fig 129- Fig 132:  BOTH CHOIRS (Men only)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
T<\/strong><\/td>Fig 131(-3 to Fig 131): PS-<\/strong>top notes; BCS<\/strong>-bottom notes<\/td><\/tr>
B<\/strong><\/td>Fig 131(-3 to Fig 131): PS-<\/strong>top notes; BCS<\/strong>-bottom notes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Fig 132- Fig 133:  PS Ladies only<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
S<\/strong><\/td>Divisi: but initial top G (Fig 132) sung by Kaye & Esther<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
A<\/strong><\/td>As per score (NB divisi Fig 132(+4)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Fig 133- END:  BOTH CHOIRS (Men only) \u2013 (bottom set of staves)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
T<\/strong><\/td>BCS-Tenor 1 <\/strong>part; PS \u2013 Tenor 2 <\/strong>part<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
B<\/strong><\/td>PS-Bass 1 <\/strong>part; BCS \u2013 Bass 2 <\/strong>part<\/td><\/tr>
(CONTINUE SIMILARLY TO END OF THE WORK!)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Fig 134- Fig 135:  Ladies only<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
S<\/strong><\/td>PS sops<\/strong> – as per score (BCS sops \u2013 tacet<\/strong>)<\/td><\/tr>
A<\/strong><\/td>divisi PS-<\/strong>bottom notes; BCS<\/strong>-top notes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Fig 135(+3) – end:  PS LADIES (top set of staves)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
S<\/strong><\/td>Lower <\/strong>notes THEN sing A1 part Fig 135(+5)  <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong><\/td>Fig 137(-3)  All sing S1 part to end, but initial top A sung by Kaye & Esther<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
A<\/strong><\/td>Sing A2 part (Fig 135(+3) \u2013 Fig 136)<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong><\/td>Fig 136(+5) \u2013 sing CHORUS ALTO 1<\/strong> part, then to:<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong><\/td>Fig 136(+7) \u2013 \u201cvery remote\u201d Sop2<\/strong> part in S\/Chorus, then to:<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong><\/td>Fig 137(-1) \u2013 A1<\/strong> part in S\/Chorus (A2 part omitted) <\/em>to end<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Fig 135(+3) – end:  BCS LADIES (middle set of staves)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
S<\/strong><\/td>Fig 135(+3)  – top notes only, then sing Alto1<\/strong> part Fig 135(+5)  <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong><\/td>Fig 136(+6 to end of work)  – all sing Sop1<\/strong> part<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong><\/td>Fig 136(+7) \u2013 \u201cPraise\u201d (top set of staves) note A – sung by Claire & Mandy<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
A<\/strong><\/td>Fig 135(+3) & Fig 136(+4)   \u2013 sing Alto2<\/strong> part<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/strong><\/td>Fig 137(+1 to end of work)  ) \u2013 sing Alto 1<\/strong> part (Alto 2 part omitted)<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fig 86(-1)  – Fig 88:  BOTH CHOIRS S BCS – singTOP notes of Sop part fromFig 86(+1 to +3) & Fig 87(+1 to +3) PS – singMIDDLE notes of Sop part fromFig 86(+1 to +3)  & Fig 87(+1 to +3) … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3027","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3028,"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3027\/revisions\/3028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}