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 →

Message from Robert about his recital this Sunday: “Recital at St.Mary’s Battersea – Sunday 16th February at 3pm A pair of Jimmy Choos If you are free on Sunday afternoon do please come along. I’ll be playing some Schubert – the B flat Impromptu – and some Schumann – his beautiful and evocative Humoresque which is all too seldom played.…… Read more →

Dear All  Very well done to everyone for all the work you’ve put into learning Beethoven’s 9th which, even the most experienced musicians among us have said, is a particularly difficult piece.  To help with the performance on Saturday Penny has marked up the Beethoven showing beat lines. Link to marked up music here. We’ll be starting on Brahms Requiem…… Read more →

Dear All Quick recap on our Beethoven 9th prep – two more rehearsals to go before our performance on Feb 8th with Lambeth Orchestra! Last week we reviewed: We also worked on  Link for rehearsal schedule for the run up to Beethoven 9th concert here Reminder to everyone to pay subs! We plan to hold an additonal rehearsal on Tuesday 18th…… Read more →