Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
 
Movement I
 

    * The entire Masterworks Chorale will sing this movement
    * Don’t be confused by the dotted lines that look like bar lines. They are just visual cues to help separate long bars, they are not bar lines.
    * ALL: All cutoffs happen on the rest. For instance, in bar 2 and bar 6, the end of the note should go on the eighth rest, not on the tied-over eighth note.
    * ALL: Put an eighth rest at the end of bar 8.
    * B: Bar 33 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * T: Bar 33 – Take a quick lift at the end of the bar
    * A: Bar 34 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * SA: Bar 35 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * TB: Bar 35 – Take a quick lift at the end of the bar
    * ALL: Bar 43 – Everyone shorten the last note with a staccato mark so that the women can make a quick lift
    * B: Bar 59 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * T: Bar 59 – Take a quick lift at the end of the bar
    * A: Bar 60 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * SA: Bar 61 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * TB: Bar 61 – Take a quick lift at the end of the bar
    * TB: Bar 73 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * B: Bar 79 – Circle your last note, the E-sharp, it’s a surprisingly hard note
    * SA: Bar 81 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * TB: Bar 82 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * ALL: There is no breath at the end of bar 108, 110, or 112

 
Movement II
 

    * Women’s Camerata will be singing the women’s parts in this movement. The men’s parts will be sung by the men of Masterworks Chorale and of Chamber Singers.
    * SA: Bar 39 – Put an eighth note rest at the end of the bar
    * A: Bar 51 - Put an eighth note rest at the end of the bar. Do the same in bar 53
    * SA: Bar 55 - Put an eighth note rest at the end of the bar
    * SA: Bar 57 – Cut off the first tied-over eighth note and insert a rest instead
    * SA: Bar 59 – Insert an eighth rest after the first note
    * SA: Bar 63 – Insert an eighth rest after the first note
    * S: Bar 105 – Insert a quarter rest after the first note. Do the same in 109, 113
    * SA: Bar 135 – Insert an eighth rest after the first note

 
Movement III
 

    * Don’t be confused by the dotted lines that look like bar lines. They are just visual cues to help separate long bars, they are not bar lines.
    * TB: Put a quarter rest after the first note of bar 22, 24, 25.
    * SA: Put a quarter rest after the first note of bar 30, 32, 33, 34
    * TB: Put a quarter rest at the end of bar 30, 32, 33, 34
    * T: Bar 35 – Put a quarter rest after the third note
    * A: Bar 35 – Put a quarter rest at the end of the bar
    * STB: Bar 36 – Put a quarter rest after the first note
    * SATB: Put a quarter rest after the first note of bar 47, 49, 54
    * SA: Put a quarter rest after the first note of bar 50, 51
    * TB: Put a quarter rest at the end of bar 50, 51
    * T: Bar 52 - Put a quarter rest after the third note
    * STB: Bar 53 – Put a quarter rest after the first note