Category: Choir Updates

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…… Read more →

If anyone is free this Saturday evening 29th March and fancies a bit of local culture Richmond Orchestra (who will be accompanying us for our June concert) are holding their Spring concert at All Saints, East Sheen. Rachmaninov piano concerto No1 and Tchaikovsky “Pathétique” symphony. A big evening! Date: Saturday 29th March 2025 Time: 7:30pm Venue: All Saints, East Sheen…… Read more →

Dear All We had a spirited rehearsal last night including Penny gamely recapping some of what we did last week….some of which had not stuck too well in the memory! Nothing that a bit of work at home on the practice tracks won’t put right (even a run through of the trickier bits makes a world of difference – and…… Read more →

Dear All Please see below for recap of sections covered this week and what we plan to look at on 25/3. Good luck with all that practice! (Two more rehearsals then we’ve got the Easter break.) Chord Perfect practice tracks links on repertoire page &  here is Cyberbass. Sections looked at on 18/3: SS (I): p9-13, b100-157 Aber (II): p25-31, b198-261 Ihr Habt (V):…… Read more →

As mentioned at the rehearsal last Tuesday I’m involved in a concert on Sunday at All Saints Putney with the 1885 Singers, under their new MD Chris Langworthy, which is well worth coming to because (a) I’m playing a shedload of notes, because (b) the programme begins with the searingly beautiful “O, Radiant Dawn” by James Macmillan and especially because…… Read more →

Dear All Everyone was sounding pretty good on Tuesday, despite working on some particularly tricky bits, and we had good run-throughs of a couple of sections.  Please see below for recap of sections covered this week and what we plan to look at on 18/3. The ‘Gerechten’ section is a difficult one – we made good progress on it and…… Read more →

Dear All Solid rehearsal last week well done everyone for all your efforts. Please see below for recap of sections covered  and what we plan to look at on Tuesday 11/3. A couple of people have remarked on how much better they find the Chord Perfect practice tracks compared to Cyberbass, links on repertoire page.    Sections looked at on 4/3: Ach…… Read more →

Dear All Well done everyone for the rehearsal last week – felt like people had been looking at those practice tracks or something! It was lovely to welcome Becky to the altos as well. Please see below for recap of sections covered last week and what we plan to look at this coming Tuesday 4/3. If anyone is struggling to…… Read more →

Dear All I hope you had a lovely half term all those who were away last week. Turn-out last Tuesday was quite low in the end due to holidays and illness so we kept new material to a minimum, recapping some of what we did the week before and having a first look at the second movement (II).  Sections looked…… Read more →

Dear All  It was lovely to have everyone back for the first Brahms Requiem rehearsal and to welcome newcomers Hannah and Seb.  I’ve listed below the parts that we covered this week and what we should be prepared to look at on 18/2 – hope it helps rather than confuses!  We covered: Selig: p1-4,  b15-45 Herr: p41-45, b17-93 Toten: p114-117…… Read more →