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We are compiling an archive of past notices, links, downloads and other items of interest to members. Currently, only links & downloads, and past rehearsal schedules, are shown. For current items, you should go to the members' page.
Here is Quentin's small flier for the December concert.
Email to friends and aquaintances to advertise the concert!
(05-Oct-23)Bowed Dvořák Vln1 part ready for download
(01-Oct-23)The summary evaluation form for the four candidate conductors can be downloaded here. It must be returned by Saturday 19th July 2014.
(see more) (13-Jul-14)Bowed viola parts for the Mendelssohn, Korngold and Mahler are available for download.
(25-May-14)Evaluation Forms
Evaluation forms for Dane Lam, Robert Hodge, Alexander Walker, Matthew Willis and Peter Fender can be downloaded here.
Please read also the Risk Assessment for the Thames Ditton Community Centre
(23-Sep-21)Interesting programme on Charles Ives (whose day job was as an Insurance Broker).
(01-Jul-23)Our very own Michael Bevan is giving a piano recital at the United Reformed Church, Eden St, Kingston on Thursday 14th March at 12.30pm.
Programme to include Beethoven’s D major sonata, op.10 no.3, and works by Grieg, Prokofiev and Poulenc.
Our very own Michael Bevan is giving a piano recital at All Saints, Kingston on Monday 5th February at 1.15pm.
Works by Brahms, Poulenc, Gershwin and Moszkowski.
The Bevan Family Consort has a concert in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Sunday 26th November at 7pm
Two of the family, Francis and Michael, have been associated with Kingston Philharmonia for many years. Follow the links above to book your tickets.
Michael Bevan is giving a concert on Saturday 13th May in Tolworth. For details see here.
| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th April 24 | 1 | Pictures play through | wind / brass | |
| 19th April 24 | 2 | SS Play through | first violins | |
| 26th April 24 | 3 | Pictures Gnomus, Il Vecchio Castello, Tuileries, Bydlo, Ballet of unhatched chicks, Samuel Goldberg, Limoges, Hut on Fowl’s Legs |
second violins | |
| 3rd May 24 | 4 | SS I - Allegro moderato II |
violas | |
| 10th May 24 | 5 | String Sectional | cellos / basses | |
| 17th May 24 | 6 | Pictures (only) | wind / brass | |
| 24th May 24 | 7 | -- break -- | ||
| 31st May 24 | 8 | SS I Gnomus, Unhatched Chicks, Limoges, Hut on Fowl’s legs |
first violins | |
| 7th June 24 | 9 | SS | second violins | |
| 14th June 24 | 10 | Pictures | violas | |
| 15th June 24 | 11 | 2.00 Saint-Saëns 3.20 --break-- 3.40 Mussorgsky 5.00 Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th January 24 | 1 | Bruckner 1, 2 | first violins | |
| 26th January 24 | 2 | Bruckner 3, 4 Mendelssohn |
second violins | |
| 2nd February 24 | 3 | String Sectional only WW Sectional cancelled |
violas | |
| 9th February 24 | 4 | Bruckner 1, 4 | cellos / basses | |
| 16th February 24 | 5 | -- break -- | ||
| 23rd February 24 | 6 | Bruckner 3, 4 Mendelssohn Weber NOTE clarinets and trombones are NOT REQUIRED |
wind / brass | |
| 1st March 24 | 7 | Bruckner 1, 3, 4 9.40 AGM |
first violins | |
| 8th March 24 | 8 | Bruckner some bits in all movements Weber no trombones or tuba required |
second violins | |
| 15th March 24 | 9 | Bruckner | violas | |
| 22nd March 24 | 10 | Mendelssohn Weber with soloist |
cellos / basses | |
| 23rd March 24 | 11 | 2.00 Weber 3.00 Mendelssohn 3.20 -- break -- 3.40 Bruckner Slightly flexible, depending on need 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 29th September 23 | 1 | Dvořák | ||
| 6th October 23 | 2 | String Sectionals: Main Hall: Violins Partitioned section: Cellos (Lewis NA) |
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| 13th October 23 | 3 | Gipps, Grieg | ||
| 20th October 23 | 4 | Dvořák - I, II, IV, III | ||
| 27th October 23 | 5 | -- break -- | ||
| 3rd November 23 | 6 | Grieg I and III Dvořák I and II |
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| 10th November 23 | 7 | Gipps Dvořák IV and III |
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| 17th November 23 | 8 | Dvořák | ||
| 24th November 23 | 9 | Dvořák (Lewis NA) conductor: Levon Parikian |
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| 1st December 23 | 10 | Gipps Grieg with Simon Callaghan |
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| 2nd December 23 | 11 | Afternoon rehearsal tba 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28th April 23 | 1 | MacDowell: I, III, V, II, IV | Violas | |
| 5th May 23 | 2 | Ives: I, II, IV, III | Cellos/basses | |
| 12th May 23 | 3 | String sectional in main hall led by Julia WW sectional in second room led by Lewis (no brass) |
Wind/brass | |
| 19th May 23 | 4 | String play through in main hall Copland sectional in second room (horns only) |
First Violins | |
| 26th May 23 | 5 | Ives I, IV MacDowell I, III, II |
Second Violins | |
| 2nd June 23 | 6 | -- break -- | ||
| 9th June 23 | 7 | 07.45 - 09.45 Ives: II, IV and
MacDowell: I, V
09.45 strings go to to the pub 09.45 - 10.15 Copland (brass and percussion only) |
Violas | |
| 16th June 23 | 8 | Ives: I MacDowell: III Ives: III |
Cellos/basses | |
| 23rd June 23 | 9 | Ives | Wind/brass | |
| 30th June 23 | 10 | MacDowell | First Violins | |
| 1st July 23 | 11 | 14.00: Ives 15.20: Break 15:40: MacDowell 16:30: Copland 17.00: FINISH 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 13th January 23 | 1 | Sibelius - I and II, Fuchs - III and II | Cellos / basses | |
| 20th January 23 | 2 | Fuchs - I and IV, Sibelius - III | Wind / brass | |
| 27th January 23 | 3 | String Sectional (Sibelius only) | First Violins | |
| 3rd February 23 | 4 | String Sectional (Sibelius only) Wind Sectional (Sibelius only) no brass
Sibelius - I and III,
Fuchs - III and IV
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Second Violins | |
| 10th February 23 | 5 | Sibelius - II,
Fuchs - I and II 9:45 AGM |
Violas (also AGM) | |
| 17th February 23 | 6 | -- break -- | ||
| 24th February 23 | 7 | Sibelius - I, III, Fuchs - IV, III | Cellos / basses | |
| 3rd March 23 | 8 | Sibelius - II, Fuchs - I and III | Wind / brass | |
| 10th March 23 | 9 | Fuchs | First Violins | |
| 17th March 23 | 10 | Sibelius | Second Violins | |
| 18th March 23 | 11 | Afternoon rehearsal tba 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 23rd September 22 | 1 | Tchaik: I, IV Sibelius: III, II |
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| 30th September 22 | 2 | Tchaik: II, III Sibelius: I |
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| 7th October 22 | 3 | STRINGS ONLY RUN THROUGH |
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| 14th October 22 | 4 | STRINGS ONLY SECTIONAL |
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| 21st October 22 | 5 | Tchaik: I, III, IV Sibelius: I |
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| 28th October 22 | 6 | -- break -- | ||
| 4th November 22 | 7 | Sibelius Tchaik: II |
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| 11th November 22 | 8 | Tchaik: I, III, IV, II | ||
| 18th November 22 | 9 | Sibelius with Soloist | ||
| 25th November 22 | 10 | as was | ||
| 26th November 22 | 11 | Afternoon rehearsal tba 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th January 22 | 1 | Overture Beethoven (possibly some concerto) |
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| 21st January 22 | 2 | STRING SECTIONAL
CANCELLED |
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| 28th January 22 | 3 | Beethoven I, III, IV |
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| 4th February 22 | 4 | Overture (~30 mins) Concerto break 9.30 AGM |
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| 11th February 22 | 5 | Overture and Beethoven | ||
| 18th February 22 | 6 | -- break -- | ||
| 25th February 22 | 7 | Beethoven and Concerto | ||
| 4th March 22 | 8 | Concerto with Soloist | ||
| 11th March 22 | 9 | Overture and Beethoven | ||
| 18th March 22 | 10 | Run through overture Concerto (no trumpets or timps required) |
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| 19th March 22 | 11 | 2.00 Concerto 3.15 break 3.35 Beethoven and Overture 5.00 end 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 24th September 21 | 1 | Dvořák II, I | ||
| 1st October 21 | 2 | Beethoven | ||
| 8th October 21 | 3 | Dvořák III, IV | ||
| 15th October 21 | 4 | Dvořák I, III, Beethoven III | ||
| 22nd October 21 | 5 | Dvořák II, then mainly Beethoven | ||
| 29th October 21 | 6 | -- break -- | ||
| 5th November 21 | 7 | Dvořák I, IV, and possibly some II (trombone and timps required) | ||
| 12th November 21 | 8 | Dvořák II, III, Beethoven (timps required) | ||
| 19th November 21 | 9 | Dvořák I, IV, then II III | ||
| 26th November 21 | 10 | Beethoven with Andrew Zolinksy | ||
| 27th November 21 | 11 | Afternoon rehearsal tba 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th September 20 | 1 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 18th September 20 | 2 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 25th September 20 | 3 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 2nd October 20 | 4 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 9th October 20 | 5 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 16th October 20 | 6 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 23rd October 20 | 7 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 30th October 20 | 8 | -- break -- | ||
| 6th November 20 | 9 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 13th November 20 | 10 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 20th November 20 | 11 | -- cancelled -- | ||
| 21st November 20 | 12 | post-concert rep session -- cancelled --12.15pm Concert (cancelled) |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24th April 20 | 1 | as was | ||
| 1st May 20 | 2 | as was | ||
| 8th May 20 | 3 | -- break -- | ||
| 15th May 20 | 4 | as was | ||
| 22nd May 20 | 5 | as was | ||
| 29th May 20 | 6 | -- break -- | ||
| 5th June 20 | 7 | as was | ||
| 12th June 20 | 8 | as was | ||
| 19th June 20 | 9 | as was | ||
| 26th June 20 | 10 | as was | ||
| 3rd July 20 | 11 | as was | ||
| 10th July 20 | 12 | as was | ||
| 11th July 20 | 13 | Afternoon rehearsal tba 7.30pm Concert (cancelled) |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 10th January 20 | 1 | everyone required players may be released as we go through |
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| 17th January 20 | 2 | Overture, Concerto break Brahms III, Brahms II |
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| 24th January 20 | 3 | Symphony Movements I to V Concerto Movements I to III |
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| 31st January 20 | 4 | String sectional | ||
| 7th February 20 | 5 | Overture Brahms mvts 4, 3, 2 & (if time) 1 Bruch |
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| 14th February 20 | 6 | Brahms mvts 1, 2, 3, 4 Schubert Bruch |
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| 21st February 20 | 7 | -- break -- | ||
| 28th February 20 | 8 | Bruch Schubert Brahms |
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| 6th March 20 | 9 | Schubert - Coda Brahms and more Brahms Bruch (if time) |
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| 13th March 20 | 10 | TONIGHT'S REHEARSAL AND THE CONCERT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED venue: - - - |
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| 20th March 20 | 11 | TONIGHT'S REHEARSAL AND THE CONCERT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED venue: - - - |
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| 21st March 20 | 12 | THIS AFTERNOON'S REHEARSAL AND THE CONCERT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED 7.30pm Concert (cancelled) |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 13th September 19 | 1 | Steppes of Central Asia Symphony - 1st movement Glière |
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| 20th September 19 | 2 | Symphony Movements I, II, IV |
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| 27th September 19 | 3 | -- break -- | ||
| 4th October 19 | 4 | Symphony III, II Glière I, III |
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| 11th October 19 | 5 | Symphony I, IV Glière II |
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| 18th October 19 | 6 | Symphony III, IV Glière I leader: Elizabeth Van Ments |
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| 25th October 19 | 7 | Symphony I, II Glière III leader: Elizabeth Van Ments |
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| 1st November 19 | 8 | -- break -- | ||
| 8th November 19 | 9 | Steppes of Central Asia Symphony II, III |
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| 15th November 19 | 10 | Glière only 9.30pm Kingston Philharmonia AGM conductor: Peter Fender |
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| 22nd November 19 | 11 | Steppes and Glière with the soloist |
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| 29th November 19 | 12 | Symphony and perhaps other stuff leader: Elizabeth Van Ments |
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| 30th November 19 | 13 | 2.00 Steppes 2.20 Symphony 3.40 --break-- 4.00 Concerto 5.00 END 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 5th April 19 | 1 | Suite Algerienne (Reverie last) |
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| 12th April 19 | 2 | Suite Algerienne Horn Concerto |
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| 19th April 19 | 3 | -- break -- | ||
| 26th April 19 | 4 | Canteloube | ||
| 3rd May 19 | 5 | STRINGS ONLY sectional with Amy Saint Saens and Mozart |
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| 10th May 19 | 6 | Canteloube Horn Concerto |
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| 17th May 19 | 7 | Suite Algerienne Vocalise |
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| 24th May 19 | 8 | Canteloube | ||
| 31st May 19 | 9 | -- break -- | ||
| 7th June 19 | 10 | 7.45-8.30 Suite Algerienne 8.30-8.50 Vocalise 9.00-9.59 Horn Concerto |
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| 14th June 19 | 11 | Canteloube with soloist Vocalise |
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| 21st June 19 | 12 | Suite Algerienne Canteloube |
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| 22nd June 19 | 13 | Afternoon rehearsal 14.00: Mozart 14.30: Vocalise (full wind (not Greg) and 2 horns) 14.50: Canteloube (Trumpet, percussion) 15:30: Break 15.45: Canteloube 16.00: Suite Algerienne (Full brass) 17.00: End 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 4th January 19 | 1 | Brahms 1, 3, 2 leader: Amy Tress |
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| 11th January 19 | 2 | Nielsen 1, 3, 4 | ||
| 18th January 19 | 3 | Nielsen 1, 3 break Brahms 1 |
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| 25th January 19 | 4 | Sectionals Strings led by Amy Wind and Brass led by Lewis |
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| 1st February 19 | 5 | Brahms 1, 2 break Nielsen 2 leader: Amy Tress |
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| 8th February 19 | 6 | Nielsen 1, 3, 4 | ||
| 15th February 19 | 7 | Brahms 1, 3 break Nielsen 2 |
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| 22nd February 19 | 8 | -- break -- | ||
| 1st March 19 | 9 | Nielsen 4,1,3 | ||
| 8th March 19 | 10 | NOTE CHANGE Nielsen Brahms leader: Amy Tress |
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| 15th March 19 | 11 | Brahms Rehearsal with Amy as soloist | ||
| 16th March 19 | 12 | Afternoon rehearsal tba 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 14th September 18 | 1 | as was | ||
| 21st September 18 | 2 | Rehearse Schumann 1,2 break Run though of Berlioz in order 6,2,3,4,1,5 (ever smaller orchestration) |
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| 28th September 18 | 3 | Strings only No wind or brass |
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| 5th October 18 | 4 | Rehearse Tcherepnin, run through of Schumann 4,5,3 21:30 AGM |
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| 12th October 18 | 5 | Wind and strings sectionals | ||
| 19th October 18 | 6 | Schumann 1,2,3,4,5 break rehearse Berlioz |
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| 26th October 18 | 7 | -- break -- | ||
| 2nd November 18 | 8 | Berlioz break more Berlioz |
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| 9th November 18 | 9 | Schumann 1,4,5 break Tcherepnin (confirmed) |
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| 16th November 18 | 10 | Tcherepnin Schumann 2,3 Berlioz 2,1,5 |
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| 23rd November 18 | 11 | Berlioz with soloist break targeted sections from Tcherepnin and Schumann (including mvmnts IV & V) |
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| 24th November 18 | 12 | 14:00 - 17:00 14:00 Schumann 3,2,1, 4,5 15:20 Tcherepnin 15:40 break 15:55 Berlioz 17:00 End 7.30pm Concert |
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| 30th November 18 | 14 | post-concert rep session Nielsen 1 run-through with Lewis Gaston Christmas cheer |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 20th April 18 | 1 | Froissart Stanford 1, 3, 4 |
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| 27th April 18 | 2 | no trombones Stanford 2 Concerto 3 Delius |
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| 4th May 18 | 3 | Froissart Concerto 1, 2, 4 |
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| 11th May 18 | 4 | Stanford 1, 4, 2 Delius |
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| 18th May 18 | 5 | STRING SECTIONALS - WIND NOT REQUIRED |
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| 25th May 18 | 6 | Froissart Concerto 2, 4 Stanford 1, 4 |
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| 1st June 18 | 7 | -- break -- | ||
| 8th June 18 | 8 | Stanford 2,3 Concerto 2,3 (with soloist) Delius (provisional) |
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| 15th June 18 | 9 | Symphony Overture |
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| 22nd June 18 | 10 | Concerto 1, 4 (with soloist) Delius |
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| 23rd June 18 | 11 | 2.00pm Delius (2.1.2.2/2.0.0.0/str) 2.30pm: Concerto (Tutti) 3.20pm: break 3.40pm: Overture 4.00pm: Symphony 5.00pm: END 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 5th January 18 | 1 | Spring Song Concerto II III Symphony II | ||
| 12th January 18 | 2 | Spring Song Concerto II and III Symphony II |
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| 19th January 18 | 3 | Symphony III and IV Adagio leader: Beth Britt |
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| 26th January 18 | 4 | 19.45 String Sectional (Symphony) I - B-G, J-K II - B-end III - opening until G IV - B-C, E-F, L-O break 21.00 Full Orchestra (Symphony) |
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| 2nd February 18 | 5 | Concerto I and II Symphony III Spring Song | ||
| 9th February 18 | 6 | Concerto III
Symphony IV
Adagio leader: Beth Britt |
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| 16th February 18 | 7 | String sectional Sibelius: Movements 1 to 3, start of 4 then L onwards If time, concerto: I - beginning until 18, cellos fig. 22-25, then 37-end III - (Cellos) 71-74 no wind or brass leader: Beth Britt |
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| 23rd February 18 | 8 | Spring Song, Adagio, Symphony III and IV | ||
| 2nd March 18 | 9 | Just the concerto (with soloist) | ||
| 9th March 18 | 10 | 7.45 Symphony break 9.30 Spartacus |
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| 10th March 18 | 11 | Rehearsal starts 2pm 2.00 Adagio 2.30 Symphony (Horns 3&4, Bass Clarinet, 3rd Trumpet) 3.10 break 3.25 Symphony 3.50 Spring Song (Tuba) 4..10 Concerto (3rd Flute) 5.00 Finish Please assume all instruments required from 2pm unless indicated, in which case consider this your first call time 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 15th September 17 | 1 | Holst, VW 1,2 break VW 3,4, Mozart with soloist |
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| 22nd September 17 | 2 | VW 1 break Holst 1,2 Mozart 1 (with soloist) |
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| 29th September 17 | 3 | VW 2 break Holst 3, VW 1 |
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| 6th October 17 | 4 | VW 3 VW 1,2 (if time) break tba (following moving of AGM) |
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| 13th October 17 | 5 | VW 4 break VW 2.3 |
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| 20th October 17 | 6 | no rehearsal Note the change to the break week |
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| 27th October 17 | 7 | Holst 1,2 break VW 3,4 conductor: deputy conductor leader: deputy leader |
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| 3rd November 17 | 8 | Sectional rehearsals: wind-brass: upstairs room strings: main hall break 9.30 AGM |
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| 10th November 17 | 9 | Mozart (with soloist) break VW 4, Holst 1,2 |
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| 17th November 17 | 10 | VW 1,2 break VW 3, Holst 3 |
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| 24th November 17 | 11 | Holst, VW 3,4 break VW 1,2, Mozart |
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| 25th November 17 | 12 | Rehearsal starts 2pm 2.00 - 2.40 Mozart 2.40 - 3.10 Holst 3.10 - 3.30 VW 1 break 3.45 - 4:00 VW 2 4.00 - 4:15 VW 3 4.15 - 5:00 VW 4 5.00 Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 21st April 17 | 1 | Tchaikovsky break Dvořák 1, Dvořák 2 |
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| 28th April 17 | 2 | Tchaikovsky break Dvořák 1, Dvořák 3 |
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| 5th May 17 | 3 | Dvořák 4 break Dvořák 2, Dvořák 3 |
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| 12th May 17 | 4 | Tchaikovsky break Dvořák 4, Haydn |
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| 19th May 17 | 5 | Tchaikovsky break Dvořák 1, Haydn |
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| 26th May 17 | 6 | Conductor Auditions - Dvořák Bryn Clarke - 1st movement break Rupert Bond - 2nd movement |
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| 2nd June 17 | 7 | Conductor Auditions - Dvořák Joel Sandelson - 3rd movement break Lewis Gaston - 4th movement |
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| 9th June 17 | 8 | Tchaikovsky break Tchaikovsky, Haydn |
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| 16th June 17 | 9 | Dvořák | ||
| 23rd June 17 | 10 | Haydn (with soloist) break Dvořák, Tchaikovsky |
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| 24th June 17 | 11 | Rehearsal starts 2.10pm 2.10 - 3:10 Haydn 3.10 - 3:30 break 3.30 - 4:15 Dvořák 4.15 - 5:00 Tchaikovsky 5.00 Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 20th January 17 | 1 | as was | ||
| 27th January 17 | 2 | Bax, Vine, Bridge | ||
| 3rd February 17 | 3 | Elgar break Vine |
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| 10th February 17 | 4 | Bridge break Elgar |
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| 17th February 17 | 5 | -- break -- | ||
| 24th February 17 | 6 | Bridge mvt 1 & 2 break Bridge 3 & 1, Bax |
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| 3rd March 17 | 7 | String Sectional No brass or wind |
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| 10th March 17 | 8 | Vine break Vine |
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| 17th March 17 | 9 | Bridge 1,4 break Elgar 3,5 and Bax |
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| 24th March 17 | 10 | Bridge 1,2 break Vine |
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| 31st March 17 | 11 | Bridge 2,3,4 break Elgar |
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| 1st April 17 | 12 | 2.00 - 2:35 Bridge 2.35 - 2:50 Bax 2.50 - 3:30 Vine 3.30 - 3:45 break 3.45 - 5:00 Elgar 5.00 Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 2nd September 16 | 1 | Sibelius break Mend mvt 4, Mend mvt 3 |
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| 9th September 16 | 2 | Sibelius, Sullivan break Mend mvt 1, Mend mvt 4 |
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| 16th September 16 | 3 | Sibelius break Sullivan, Mend 1 |
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| 23rd September 16 | 4 | Sib break Martinu |
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| 30th September 16 | 5 | Sibelius, Mendelssohn 2 break Martinu, Mendelssohn 3 |
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| 7th October 16 | 6 | Sibelius break Martinu |
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| 14th October 16 | 7 | Mendelssohn 1-4 break 9:30 AGM |
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| 21st October 16 | 8 | String sectionals All strings in a brief rehearsal of the Mendelssohn, followed by
No wind or brass at this rehearsal |
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| 28th October 16 | 9 | Martinu, with the soloist break Sibelius (figure N to end) |
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| 4th November 16 | 10 | Sibelius break Mendelssohn; Sullivan |
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| 5th November 16 | 11 | 2.00 Mendelssohn 2.50 Sibelius 3.30 break 3.50 Martinu 4.35 Sullivan 5.00 Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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| 11th November 16 | 13 | post-concert rep session Johann Strauss: Frühlingsstimmen ('Voices of Spring'),op 410 Sullivan: The Tempest - incidental music, excluding the overture break Krommel: Concerto for Two Clarinets, op 35 in E flat (Sheena and Quentin) |
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| 18th November 16 | 14 | post-concert rep session Sullivan: The Tempest - incidental music,excluding the overture Krommel: Concerto for Two Clarinets, op 35 in E flat break Zands Duggan: workshop of new composition |
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| 25th November 16 | 15 | post-concert rep session Johann Strauss: Frühlingsstimmen ('Voices of Spring')
break Concert to ourselves — Strauss, Sullivan, Kommel KPO Christmas Meal tba |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 29th April 16 | 1 | Schubert 1 - Gounod break Gounod - Janacek 1,3,2 |
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| 6th May 16 | 2 | Schubert 1 - Schubert 2 break Gounod - Janacek (all movements) |
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| 13th May 16 | 3 | Schubert 1 - Schubert 2 break Janacek 5,6,4 - Renie |
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| 20th May 16 | 4 | Schubert 2 - Gounod break Wilm - Renie |
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| 27th May 16 | 5 | Schubert 1 Gounod break Wilm Renie |
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| 3rd June 16 | 6 | -- break -- | ||
| 10th June 16 | 7 | Janáček (all movements) Schubert (1st movement) |
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| 17th June 16 | 8 | Janáček 1,4,6 Renié |
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| 24th June 16 | 9 | Janáček, Renié break Wilm, Schubert 2 |
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| 1st July 16 | 10 | Janáček break Schubert 1+2, Gounod |
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| 8th July 16 | 11 | Renié, Wilm break Janáček mvmt 2 & 4 |
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| 9th July 16 | 12 | 2.00 Schubert 2.30 Gounod 2.40 Janáček 3.20 --break-- 3.40 Wilm 4.05 Renié 5.00 Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 8th January 16 | 1 | Beethoven - mvt 1 (rhsl) Stravinsky - mvt 3 (run through, first half) break Beethoven - mvt 4 (rhsl), Beethoven - mvt 2 (run through) |
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| 15th January 16 | 2 | Stravinsky - mvt 3,
Beethoven - mvt 4
break Stravinsky - mvt 1, Beethoven - mvt 1 |
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| 22nd January 16 | 3 | Stravinsky - mvt 3,
Beethoven - mvt 2
break Stravinsky - mvt 2, Beethoven - mvt 3 |
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| 29th January 16 | 4 | Strav 1 break Beet 3, Strav 2 leader: Amy Tress |
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| 5th February 16 | 5 | Beet 4, Beet 3 break Beet 1, Beet 2 conductor: Asier Puga Sanchez leader: Amy Tress |
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| 12th February 16 | 6 | Strav 3 break Beet 1, Strav 2 leader: Alan Titherington |
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| 19th February 16 | 7 | Strav 1, Strav 3 break Strav 2, Mozart |
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| 26th February 16 | 8 | Strav 3, Strav 1 break Beet 4, Mozart |
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| 4th March 16 | 9 | Strav run + rhsl break Beet run (tbc) |
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| 11th March 16 | 10 | Mozart (with soloist) break Strav (all tbc) |
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| 12th March 16 | 11 | 2.00 Stravinsky 2.50 Beethoven mvt 1, 3, 4 3.20 break 3.40 Beethoven mvt 2 4.00 Mozart 5.00 Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 11th September 15 | 1 | Brahms 1, Brahms 4 break Dvořák, Brahms 3 |
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| 18th September 15 | 2 | Brahms 4, Brahms 1 break Dvořák, Brahms 3 |
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| 25th September 15 | 3 | Dvořák break Brahms 4, Brahms 2 |
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| 2nd October 15 | 4 | Brahms 1 break Dvořák, Brahms 2 |
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| 9th October 15 | 5 | Sectional rehearsals break AGM |
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| 16th October 15 | 6 | Brahms 1, Brahms 3 break Wagner |
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| 23rd October 15 | 7 | Brahms 4, Dvořák break Wagner, Brahms 3 |
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| 30th October 15 | 8 | -- break -- | ||
| 6th November 15 | 9 | Dvorak break Brahms 4, Brahms 2 |
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| 13th November 15 | 10 | Brahms 1, Brahms 4 break Wagner 4+2, Brahms 2 |
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| 20th November 15 | 11 | Dvorak, Wagner 4+2 break Brahms 3, Wagner 1, 3, 5 |
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| 21st November 15 | 12 | 2.00 - 2.50pm: Brahms 2.50 - 3.30pm: Dvořák 3.30 - 3.45pm: break 3.45 - 4.55pm: Wagner 5pm: Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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| 27th November 15 | 14 | post-concert rep session Haydn Horn Concerto no. 1, mvt 1Schumann Symphony no 2 |
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| 4th December 15 | 15 | post-concert rep session Mozart Oboe concerto, mvt 2Schumann Symphony no 2 Meal at local Thai Restaurant |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 1st May 15 | 1 | I ElgarII Vaughan Williams |
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| 8th May 15 | 2 | I Elgar II Vaughan Williams |
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| 15th May 15 | 3 | I Elgar upto variation V II Bridge - run through, then 2nd half |
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| 22nd May 15 | 4 | I Elgar VI to X II Bridge - run through, then 1st half |
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| 29th May 15 | 5 | -- break -- | ||
| 5th June 15 | 6 | I Elgar XI-End II Elgar run beg-X, Bridge run |
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| 12th June 15 | 7 | Complete Elgar (starting with the biggest orchestration, and getting smaller throughout) |
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| 19th June 15 | 8 | Sectional rehearsals See arrangement details on this page |
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| 26th June 15 | 9 | Elgar Mvmnts 11 and 10 break Bridge The last 1 break 2 hour of will be a brief orchestral meeting |
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| 3rd July 15 | 10 | Bridge (with soloist) break Vaughan Williams |
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| 10th July 15 | 11 | Elgar break Vaughan Williams break Bridge |
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| 11th July 15 | 12 | 2.00 - 3.00pm: Elgar 3.00 - 3.20pm: Vaughan-Williams 3.20 - 3.40pm: break 3.40 - 4.40pm: Bridge 5pm: Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 9th January 15 | 1 | Sibelius: movements I, II and IV Brahms: movements I, III and IV |
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| 16th January 15 | 2 | Sibelius: movements II, and IV Brahms: movement II |
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| 23rd January 15 | 3 | Sibelius movements III and IV No trombones |
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| 30th January 15 | 4 | Sibelius: movements I and II Brahms: movements I and IV |
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| 6th February 15 | 5 | Sibelius: movement I Brahms: all movements No trombones |
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| 13th February 15 | 6 | Sibelius: all movements | ||
| 20th February 15 | 7 | -- break -- | ||
| 27th February 15 | 8 | Sibelius: I and III Brahms all movements No trombones |
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| 6th March 15 | 9 | Sibelius: all movements | ||
| 13th March 15 | 10 | 7.45 Brahms 8.45 Sibelius as required venue: Kingston Grammar School Hall |
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| 14th March 15 | 11 | Afternoon rehearsal tba 7.30pm Concert |
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 14th November 14 | 1 | as was | ||
| 21st November 14 | 2 | as was | ||
| 28th November 14 | 3 | 7.45pm: Dvorak, 8.15pm: Tchaikovsky break > trombones and trumpets not necessary |
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| Concert 5th December 14 |
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7.30pm Concert
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| Date | Week | Music | Refreshments | |
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| 12th September 14 | 1 | tutti Tchaikovsky playthrough break Shostakovich (as time permits) |
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| 19th September 14 | 2 | full wood-wind, horns, trumpets and strings Tchaikovsky movements 1-3 Shostakovich |
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| 26th September 14 | 3 | 7.45pm: Full strings sectional; Full woodwind, horns and trumpets 9.30pm: AGM |
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| 3rd October 14 | 4 | tutti including trombones Butterworth, Tchaikovsky: Finale, 1st movement |
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| 10th October 14 | 5 | full wood-wind, horns, (tuba if available) strings Shostakovich, Orchestra alone, especially movements II and IV |
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| 17th October 14 | 6 | 7.45pm: Tchaikovsky: Movements I, II and III 9.00pm: Shostakovich movements I and II with soloist |
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| 24th October 14 | 7 |
This was erroneously marked as half-term; please fill in your availability on the members page
7.45pm: Tchaikovsky Finale, Butterworth9.00pm: Shostakovich movements III and IV with soloist |
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| 31st October 14 | 8 | -- break -- | ||
| 7th November 14 | 9 | 7.45pm: Shostakovich 9.00pm: Tchaikovsky and Butterworth as required |
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| 8th November 14 | 10 | 2.30pm: Shostakovich 3.45pm: break 4.00pm: Tchaikovsky, Butterworth 5.00pm: Finish 7.30pm Concert |
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We are looking for a regular principal bassoon from January 2018 — Grade 8 plus, orchestral experience, and informal audition (3 to 4 rehearsals). To apply, follow the contact link and sent us brief details of your playing experience.
You can find more on our rehearsal venue, times and schedule on the players page.
In the absence of any hard information about our next concert, we are pleased to bring you these images from a Zoom concert we held in late November.
As part of this concert, Beth Perry has composed and recorded a wonderfully haunting cello piece, The Path You can hear it by following the link
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