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March 2025 Concert

Date: Saturday 22nd March 2025 at 7.30 pm
Venue: St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
Conductor: Lewis Gaston
Leader: Julia Wilson

Rehearsals started: Friday 17th January
Composer   Work  
Barber
Intermezzo from Vanessa
Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs
Prokofiev
Symphony no 7

Download the concert arrangements.

Concerts to note

Michael Bevan is giving a concert on Saturday 13th May in Tolworth. For details see here.

Amy Tress's quartet is giving a concert on Sunday 14th May, 6.30pm in Kings Place, near King's Cross Station. For details see here.

The rehearsal venue has now reverted to the Thames Ditton Community Centre (now known as Vital Village) apart from the rehearsal on 4th October, when we be back at St Nicholas Church Hall. Rehearsals are on a Friday Night at 7.30pm for a prompt 7.45 start. For further details, use the buttons at the top of the page.

Rehearsal location:
Thames Ditton Community Centre, Mercer Close, Thames Ditton KT7 0BS
For full details, click the Rehearsal venues and times button above

Note:Each section takes it in turn to organise the refreshments, as shown in the Refreshments column
Cynthia has offered to bring the refreshment bag and supply milk and biscuits.

Jobs for each section:
Pre rehearsal: Boil kettles and fill plastic vacuum flasks. Unpack refreshment bag. Get cups out.

During break: Serve drinks and take money. Wash up cups where used. Repack refreshment bag. Leave Kitchen clean and tidy.

EMBEDDED ONE
  Date Week Music Refreshments
17th January 25 1 Prokofiev I, II
Strauss IV, I
wind / brass
24th January 25 2 Prokofiev IV, III
Strauss III, II
first violins
31st January 25 3 Barber
Prokofiev I, II
Strauss II, I
second violins
7th February 25 4 STRING SECTIONAL
7.45 - 9.00 Prokoviev
I: Tuning and shape from opening - 7, then 8-9 rhythm and scale passages, pizz . Before 11 rushing as far as 12, 17 to end tuning.
II - Opening few bars until 20, 22 idea of releasing through each slur until 27 including runs, 35 - 48, 54 - end
III: Cello opening, violas cellos fig. 70, rhythm after 70, rhythm before 73
IV: Ensemble at opening, 82, 83 etc. 95 onwards change of tempo etc., 102, 109 - 111
break
9.15 - 9.59 Strauss
I - all focussing on rhythm and ensemble, final pizz.
II - Opening rhythms, coming off ties as far as D, then G to end
III - Rhythms from A-C, E - G rhythms and tuning
violas
14th February 25 5 Barber
Prokofiev II, IV
Strauss IV, I
cellos / basses
21st February 25 6 -- break --
28th February 25 7 Prokofiev II, III
Strauss
wind / brass
7th March 25 8 Barber
Prokofiev I, IV
first violins
14th March 25 9 Strauss with Soloist
break
AGM 9:45pm
second violins
21st March 25 10 tba violas
22nd March 25 11 Afternoon rehearsal
tba
7.30pm Concert  
cellos / basses
EMBEDDED TWO