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Rehearsal Schedule - Autumn Term 2020
!Online!

Our online rehearsals will start on Thursday 3rd September, and continue on each Thursday until 26th November. We will be using the Zoom platform. Members who register an interest in taking part will be provided with the details to log in to these sessions.

We will then hold a "Concert Evening", also online of course, on Saturday 28th November, our original planned concert day.

Finally, in the run up to Christmas we will have two more Thursday evening online sessions. On the 3rd December we'll rehearse some carols, and on the 10th December we'll have a Christmas Fun evening, singing the Messiah choruses and the carols. Mulled wine and mince pies at the ready! An idea for this evening is shown below, after the Rehearsal Schedule.
Rehearsal Schedule -  Online Autumn 2020
(Updated 26/10/2020)

The schedule can be downloaded as a PDF file here

 


September

October

November

December

03

10

17

24

01

08

15

22

29

05

12

19

26

28

03

10

Hassler




X


X




X



X



C

Schubert





X

X




X



X



H

Mendelssohn


X

X







X



X



R

Holst





X

X





X


X

C


I

Gershwin







X

X

X


X


X

O


S

Lennon/McCartney




X


X





X


X

N


T















C


M

Fauré














E


A

1. Introit

X


X




X


X



X


R


S

2. Offertorium




X


X

X


X



X


T



3. Sanctus


X

X




X


X



X





4. Pie Jesu






X


X

X



X




F

5. Agnus Dei

X


X





X

X



X




U

6. Libera Me





X

X


X

X



X




N

7. In Paradisum


X

X





X

X



X






















Handel: Messiah

















4. And the Glory

X


X







X






X

12. For unto us










X


X




X

24. Surely











X


X



X

25. And with His stripes











X


X



X

26. All we like sheep











X


X



X

33. Lift up your heads












X




X


















Carols for Choirs Book 1

















Ding Dong! p28















X

X

Hark! The Herald p39















X

X

Sussex Carol p96















X

X

The Shepherds’ Farewell p142















X

X

A Merry Christmas p164















X

X


 
This is our first venture into the world of online rehearsing, so we will be learning as we go. As an initial idea, here is the expected format for each session, subject to change of course as we gain experience.

Christmas Fun Programme

Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Carols for Choirs 1 p28

And the Glory of the Lord

Messiah No 4

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Carols for Choirs 1 p39

For unto us

Messiah no 12

Sussex Carol

Carols for Choirs 1 p96

Surely

Messiah No 24

And with His stripes

Messiah No 25

All we like sheep

Messiah No 26

The Shepherds’ Farewell

Carols for Choirs 1 p142

Lift up your heads

Messiah No 33

A Merry Christmas

Carols for Choirs 1 p164




(You can download this Programme as a PDF here.)


Planned Rehearsal Format

7:30pm session becomes available online ready for a 7:45 start

Warm-ups (no getting away from these!)

Rehearse (including sectionals where and when needed)

Break – 15 minutes

Rehearse and recap

Finish approx. 9:15 pm

We will try out a few things for the fifteen minute break period, and will be interested to see what members appreciate most. And of course this does not have to be a coffee break - a suitable (small!) glass by your side will be quite in order!