Fenno-isms Galore

with love,
Michele Yanow

Heath, The Greatest of These is Love:
Fenno: “I was having you do something you shouldn’t do” YGCer: “Breathe?”
F: “G-ddamn sewing circle and bridge club!”
F: (on the final page) “Make it crunch.”

Brahms, Make Thou In Me, God
“I’m not sick, I’m just in love. That’s a song. You had to be there.”
“Choke, sneeze and have general disarray.”
(At the andante) “Ah, the fig leaf movement.”
“Don’t be a bass, be a singer!”
“Legato, luscious…I never said that before in my life.”

Messaien, O Sacr um Convivium
”Begin, basses and friends, fat like me!”

Berlioz, Requiem
(To first tenors): “You’re all naked there. Let’s add the altos, just for fun.”
“I didn’t come here to insult you.”
“That crescendo was almost loud.”
“Strangest music I’ve ever heard.”
(At the Rex Tremendae) “This is the dumbest music ever written.”
(At the Lacrymosa): “Only Berlioz would write this.”

Heath (arr.), This Train
“You sound like the East Cupcake Jr. High Marching Band!”
“I have the most wonderful upbeat in the world.”