Dear All

Reminder: no rehearsal tonight 28/10 as it’s half term. Next rehearsal 4th Nov.

Last week we looked at O Radiant Dawn (watch Neavan during coda!) and had a thorough work through of Stars.

If you have time over half term do listen to Brahms An die Heimat (practice tracks available on repertoire page link here) & Chilcott’s 12 Days of Christmas. We’ll be revisiting them after half term.

Looked at so far:

O Radiant Dawn (all)

Where Riches Everlastingly (all)

The Rose (all)

Cradle Hymn (all)

12 Days of Christmas (first 5 pages, plus 15-end)

An die Heimat (p26-29)

We Wish you a Merry Christmas (first 5 pages)

Stars (all)

Thank you for all the subs and music payments so far received. If you haven’t paid subs yet please do so now (ref: name & subs)! Music payments to be made to choir bank account as well (ref: name & scores). 

Programme for Autumn Term:

 James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn 

Bob Chilcott – Where Riches is Everlastingly 

Ole Gjeilo – The Rose 

Bob Chilcott – The Twelve Days of Christmas 

Kim Andre Arnesen – Cradle Hymn 

Bob Chilcott – We Wish you a Merry Christmas 

Brahms – An die Heimat 

​Benedict Landauer – Stars

Links for online purchase and pdfs for all scores may be found on the Repertoire page link here

Subs:

Subs will remain at £90 this term – payment details below:

£90/term to be paid into choir bank account – please put your name and ’subs’ as reference:

Account Name: Sheen Gate Choir

Account Number: 47107324

Sort: 60-01-39

Working Term Dates – Autumn​ Term2025:

16 Sep – 9 Dec except 1 week half term 28 Oct 

Holly Lodge Concert: Thursday 4th December

Concert Date: Sunday 14th December 

Dear All

Apologies for the tardy rehearsal recap.

We focussed on just one piece last Tuesday – Cradle Hymn. That wasn’t Neavan’s original plan but we were making such good progress on it that he stuck with it and was very happy with the final results!

This week (21/10) is the last rehearsal before half term week. Half term break is Tue 28/10 and first rehearsal after half term will be Tue 4/11.

Looked at so far:

O Radiant Dawn (all)

Where Riches Everlastingly (all)

The Rose (all)

Cradle Hymn (all)

12 Days of Christmas (first 5 pages, plus 15-end)

An die Heimat (p26-29)

We Wish you a Merry Christmas (first 5 pages)

Thank you for all the subs and music payments so far received. If you haven’t paid subs yet please do so now (ref: name & subs)! Music payments to be made to choir bank account as well (ref: name & scores). 

Programme for Autumn Term:

 James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn 

Bob Chilcott – Where Riches is Everlastingly 

Ole Gjeilo – The Rose 

Bob Chilcott – The Twelve Days of Christmas 

Kim Andre Arnesen – Cradle Hymn 

Bob Chilcott – We Wish you a Merry Christmas 

Brahms – An die Heimat 

​Benedict Landauer – Stars

Links for online purchase and pdfs for all scores may be found on the Repertoire page link here

Subs:

Subs will remain at £90 this term – payment details below:

£90/term to be paid into choir bank account – please put your name and ’subs’ as reference:

Account Name: Sheen Gate Choir

Account Number: 47107324

Sort: 60-01-39

Working Term Dates – Autumn​ Term2025:

16 Sep – 9 Dec except 1 week half term 28 Oct 

Holly Lodge Concert: Thursday 4th December

Concert Date: Sunday 14th December 

Dear All

An excellent effort by all at Tuesday’s pretty tricky rehearsal. Neavan is very happy with how we’re doing (we’ll definitely be doing those unaccompanied pieces unaccompanied!) and his only request for preparation remains at listening to the pieces while following the music where possible.

Music looked at on Tuesday:

Cradle Hymn

Where Riches is Everlastingly:  timing critical – aim to look at Neavan as much as possible

Stars: this was the particularly tricky one, but really came together by the end.

Looked at so far:

O Radiant Dawn (all)

Where Riches Everlastingly (all)

The Rose (all)

Cradle Hymn (all)

12 Days of Christmas (first 5 pages, plus 15-end)

An die Heimat (p26-29)

We Wish you a Merry Christmas (first 5 pages)

Thank you for all the subs and music payments so far received. If you haven’t paid subs yet please do so now (ref: name & subs)! Music payments to be made to choir bank account as well (ref: name & scores). 

Programme for Autumn Term:

 James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn 

Bob Chilcott – Where Riches is Everlastingly 

Ole Gjeilo – The Rose 

Bob Chilcott – The Twelve Days of Christmas 

Kim Andre Arnesen – Cradle Hymn 

Bob Chilcott – We Wish you a Merry Christmas 

Brahms – An die Heimat 

​Benedict Landauer – Stars

Links for online purchase and pdfs for all scores may be found on the Repertoire page link here

Subs:

Subs will remain at £90 this term – payment details below:

£90/term to be paid into choir bank account – please put your name and ’subs’ as reference:

Account Name: Sheen Gate Choir

Account Number: 47107324

Sort: 60-01-39

Working Term Dates – Autumn​ Term2025:

16 Sep – 9 Dec except 1 week half term 28 Oct 

Holly Lodge Concert: Thursday 4th December

Concert Date: Sunday 14th December 

Dear All

Just a quick recap of last week’s rehearsal (apologies if some of it’s been lost in translation!):

Twelve Day of Christmas: focus on p25- end 

O Radiant Dawn

Stars (first page)

Looked at so far:

O Radiant Dawn (all)

Where Riches Everlastingly (all)

The Rose (all)

Cradle Hymn (p1-5)

12 Days of Christmas (first 5 pages, plus 15-end)

An die Heimat (p26-29)

We Wish you a Merry Christmas (first 5 pages)

Stars (first page)

Thank you for all the subs and music payments so far received. If you haven’t paid subs yet please do so now (ref: name & subs)! Music payments to be made to choir bank account as well (ref: name & scores). 

See you all on Tuesday 7/10

Programme for Autumn Term:

 James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn 

Bob Chilcott – Where Riches is Everlastingly 

Ole Gjeilo – The Rose 

Bob Chilcott – The Twelve Days of Christmas 

Kim Andre Arnesen – Cradle Hymn 

Bob Chilcott – We Wish you a Merry Christmas 

Brahms – An die Heimat 

​Benedict Landauer – Stars

Links for online purchase and pdfs for all scores may be found on the Repertoire page 

Subs:

Subs will remain at £90 this term – payment details below:

£90/term to be paid into choir bank account – please put your name and ’subs’ as reference:

Account Name: Sheen Gate Choir

Account Number: 47107324

Sort: 60-01-39

Working Term Dates – Autumn​ Term2025:

16 Sep – 9 Dec except 1 week half term 28 Oct 

Holly Lodge Concert: Thursday 4th December

Concert Date: Sunday 14th December 

Dear All

Well done everyone for an excellent rehearsal on Tuesday. Neavan’s certainly keeping us on our toes, but making it great fun too (his top priority for our rehearsals!). It’s lovely to be joined by all the new members. Don’t be put off by the pace, it’s new for us old members too – we’ll all get there in the end.

Neavan has again asked us to prep for next week by listening to all the pieces while following the music.

Looked at so far:

O Radiant Dawn (all)

Where Riches Everlastingly (all)

The Rose (all)

Cradle Hymn (p1-5)

12 Days of Christmas (first 5 pages, plus 15-25)

An die Heimat (p26-29)

We Wish you a Merry Christmas (first 5 pages)

More score will be handed out on Tues 30/9 so everyone will have purchased scores for: 

Radiant Dawn, 

Riches Everlastingly

12 Days

The Rose

We have yet to receive Cradle Hymn so please print this one off as well as the other 3 pdfs:

An die Heimat

Wish you Merry Christmas

Stars

Programme for Autumn Term:

 James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn 

Bob Chilcott – Where Riches is Everlastingly 

Ole Gjeilo – The Rose 

Bob Chilcott – The Twelve Days of Christmas 

Kim Andre Arnesen – Cradle Hymn 

Bob Chilcott – We Wish you a Merry Christmas 

Brahms – An die Heimat 

​Benedict Landauer – Stars

Links for online purchase and pdfs for all scores may be found on the Repertoire page 

Subs:

Subs will remain at £90 this term – payment details below:

£90/term to be paid into choir bank account – please put your name and ’subs’ as reference:

Account Name: Sheen Gate Choir

Account Number: 47107324

Sort: 60-01-39

Working Term Dates – Autumn​ Term2025:

16 Sep – 9 Dec except 1 week half term 28 Oct 

Holly Lodge Concert: Thursday 4th December

Concert Date: Sunday 14th December