Dear All
I hope you are having a lovely Easter break. Rehearsals will resume next Tuesday 22nd April.
Those who were at the last rehearsal will know we have now run through pretty much all parts of Brahms Requiem. There are just a couple of ends of sections in Movement (III) which we didn’t get chance to cover during rehearsals (listed below) which it might be worth checking on.
We have 6 rehearsals remaining before the concert so ample time to finesse the Brahms – plus an additional piece of music familiar to many in the choir – Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine. See below for schedule for next Tuesday’s rehearsal.
Our concert falls on the same weekend as a town twinning event being organised by Richmond Council involving visitors from twinned towns Fontainebleau in France, Konstanz in Germany and possibly (?) Richmond, Virginia, USA. Our concert, which we are putting on jointly with Richmond Orchestra, is one of the many cultural events being promoted by Richmond Council that weekend. The German connection is covered by the Brahms, Robert will be performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and we’ve added the Fauré piece especially for the French visitors (it’s also a choir favourite and I’m sure those of you new to it will love it too). For those who don’t have a copy, printable music can be found here and on repertoire page where you will also find practice tracks.
Don’t forget subs for next term! Bank details below if needed.
Rehearsal Recap:
Sections/pieces scheduled for 22/4:
Movement (IV): p61-74
Movement (V): p75-83
Cantique de Jean Racine – music here
Sections looked at on 1/4:
Ich Will (V): p81-83 , b62-79
Movement (VI) – the whole movement, including parts we’d looked at previously:
Haben (VI): p84-88, b3-78
Wird (VI): p89-97, b82-207
Du bist (VI): p98-104, b208-266
Du Hast(VI): p104-113, b267-349
Finale (VII): p124-129, b103-165
Sections looked at so far:
Movement (I): p1-13
Movement (II), p14-40
Herr (III): p41-45, b17-93
Ach (III): p47-50, b129-161 (p51-52, b164-173 of this section not looked at yet)
Gerechten (III): p52-56,b173-190 (end of this section, p56-60 ,b191-208, still to be looked at )
Movement (IV): p61-74
Movement (V): p75-83
Movement (VI): p84-113
Movement (VII): p114-129
Subs:
£90/term to be paid into choir bank account:
Account Name: Sheen Gate Choir
Account Number: 47107324
Sort: 60-01-39
Calendar:
Spring Term:
7Jan-1April (NO half term break), 13 weeks
Two week Easter break (not the usual 3 weeks) 8/4 & 15/4.
Summer Term:
22 Apr-10 Jun except 1 week half term 27 May, 7 weeks
- 7th Jun Summer Concert, Brahms Requiem & RB performance (Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue)
- 10th Jun, possibly plus 17th Jun, audition dates for new MD