Dear All
It was lovely to see many of you at the choir party last week. A huge thank you to everyone for my champagne!! I was very touched to receive it and feel most undeserving as organising the choir is very much a team effort (though got to admit the team weren’t seeing any of it….)
Music Order: thank you to all those who have told me they’d like to be included in the bulk order for Autumn term. If you would like to be included but haven’t let me know please get in touch before 19/7 when I’ll be placing the order.
Come & Sing (28/9): don’t forget to let me know whether you can make the Come & Sing as well. Thank you!
Numbers for Come & Sing Sat 28/9:
As you all hopefully know, we’ll be holding our second Come & Sing on Sat 28th Sep. As before, we need solid numbers from within the choir to make this event a success. Please could you let me know if you can make the event – email siobhan.waswood@icloud.com
Music Order for Autumn Term:
I will shortly be placing a bulk order for three Gjeilo pieces & 1 Ben Ponniah piece we will be doing in the Autumn (bulk gives us a small discount). These are in-copyright pieces so we will need to buy them. Please let me know if you’d like to be included in the bulk order. Titles & costs as follows:
The Rose – Gjeilo £2.70
Ecce Novum – Gjeilo £2.70
Across the Vast Eternal Sky – Gjeilo £2.93
Seeing the Star – Ben Ponniah £2.75
Possible trip for choir – Llandaff Cathedral Wales ‘25:
Would people be interested in a trip to Llandaff Cathedral in Wales next year to be the visiting choir leading the services during the Cathedral Choir holidays? The music would be along the lines of the Evensong we did at Christchurch earlier this year – religious anthems and composed responses.
Here’s a link to the flyer for the event. There are several dates available – at the moment we’re just gauging general interest.
Working Programme for Autumn Term (still being finalised):
Come and Sing – Sat 28th Sep:
Locus Iste, Bruckner
Christus Factus Est, Bruckner
Hush No More, Purcell
Hear My Prayer, Purcell
Dido’s Lament, Purcell
Gloria (selection), Vivaldi
Wie Lieblich, Brahms
December Concert – Sun 15th Dec: see Rose practise tracks below!
Gloria (whole work) Vivaldi
The Rose Gjeilo
Ecce Novum Gjeilo
Across the Vast Eternal Sky Gjeilo
Seeing the Star Ben Ponniah
Ukranian Bell Carol
Practice Tracks for The Rose:
The Rose TENOR1 practice track
The Rose TENOR2 practice track
Schedule for Autumn Term – back at Christ Church:
10th Sep – 10th Dec, except 2 week half term 22nd & 29th Oct.
- Come & Sing: Sat 28th Sep, 10:30am – 4pm, Christ Church
- Holly Lodge: Thurs 5th Dec, Christ Church
- SGC Concert: Sunday 15th Dec, Christ Church