Summer term 2022 arrangements
We return to rehearsals on Friday May 6th
Rehearsal Schedule
May 6th Saint-Saens Dan
May 13th Berlioz & Lalo Dan
May 20th Sectionals Phil/Dan
May 27th Saint-Saens Dan
June 3rd Half term
June 10th Berlioz & Lalo Dan
June 12th Playday at the GGS Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
June 17th Sectionals Richard/Dan
June 24th TBC Dan
July 1st Lalo with Richard Dan
July 8th Saint-Saens & Berlioz Jon
July 15th Saint-Saens with Peter Dan
July 17th Concert day at the Stratford Playhouse
2:00 Saint-Saens
3:15 Break
3:30 Berlioz
4:00 Lalo with Richard
4:30 End of rehearsal
7:30 Concert
Programme and instrumentation
Berlioz King Lear
2,2,2,2 – 4,2,3,1 – tmp, str
Lalo Cello concerto with Richard Jenkinson
2,2,2,2 – 4,2,3,0 – tmp, str
Saint-Saens Symphony no. 3 (Organ) with Peter Harris
3,3,3,3 – 4,3,3,1 – tmp+3, pf(4h), org, str
Pictures from our latest dress rehearsal (courtesy of Elaine)
Listening Project recordings from Autumn 2020 & Spring/Summer 2021
We ran “The listening project” with Dan on a Friday evening using Zoom. Some of the session involved playing along (on mute) and Dan’s talks were recorded and can be accessed from the links below if you didn’t make it live:
- Round 1 – Opera
- Round 2 – Belioz
- Round 3 – English contemporary music
- Round 4 – Tchaikowsky pathetique symphony
- Round 5 – Tempo
- Round 6 – Nielson – the 4 temperaments
- Round 7 (3rd Dec) – Play-along to the Nutcracker
- 8th Jan – Play-along to Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
- 15th Jan – Play-along to Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
- 22nd Jan – Play along to Host’s A Somerset Rhapsody
- 29th Jan – Bartok – Dance suite & Concerto for orchestra
- 5th Feb – Play-along to Smetana Bartered Bride
- 12th Feb – Igor Stravinsky
- 19th Feb – Half term
- 26th Feb – Play along to Bizet’s Carmen suites
- 5th March – Desert Island Discs
- 12th March – Play Along to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
- 23rd April – Desert Island Discs with Jon Maynard
- 30th April – Listening project – Messiaen v les six
- 7th May – Play-along tour of Brahms Symphonies
- 14th May – Members contributions night
- 4th July – Recorded performance of summer 2021 sectional rehearsals