Rehearsal Schedule

2023-24

All programmes subject to modification, and planned rehearsal schedule may have to be adjusted.

For Saturday 18 May 2024: (St Barnabas)
JANÁČEK: Sinfonietta 4.2.3.2: 4.12.4.1: 2 bass tpt: 2 tenor tba: T.1: Harp: Stgs
STRAUSS: Four Last Songs (Anna Gorbachyova) 4**.3*.3*.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.0: Harp: Celeste: Stgs
SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 3 4*.4*.4*.4*: 8.5.3.1: T.2: 2 harps: Stgs

See John Gibbons email forwarded 11/4/24 for individual movements’ orchestrations

Thursday 29 February (Grange Primary School):
Alwyn part-checking

Thursday 7 March (Grange Primary School):
Alwyn part-checking

Saturday 9 March: CHAMBER CONCERT (St Mary’s Perivale)
1430-1900: Rehearsal slots
1930: Concert

Thursday 14 March:
Scriabin

Thursday 21 March (last before Easter):
Janáček, Strauss

Thursday 11 April (first after Easter):
A. Scriabin III Jeu Divin
B. Janáček II, IV, Strauss

Thursday 18 April (updated 17/4):
A. Janáček III & V, Scriabin I Luttes
B. Scriabin I, Strauss

Thursday 25 April:
1935:Trumpets + 2 euphoniums in hall (Janáček I)
Strings in sanctuary
2000: Trombones + tuba join brass in hall (Janáček V from Fig 6)
2015: Woodwind arrive and set up in sanctuary
2020: Full orchestra in sanctuary (Janáček V)
2045?: Break
After break (2100?): Scriabin II Voluptés & III Jeu Divin

Thursday 2 May:
1935: Janáček II, III, IV
2015: Scriabin I Luttes
- break -
After break: Scriabin II Voluptés & III Jeu Divin

Thursday 9 May:
Scriabin

Thursday 16 May (St Barnabas Church):
1830: Set up
1930: Janáček
then Scriabin
then Strauss

Saturday 18 May (St Barnabas Church):
1415 : Rehearsal (order tba)
1900: CONCERT

Saturday 13 July 2024: CONCERT (St Barnabas)
Morfydd Llwyn Owen Nocturne, Ravel Piano Concerto in G, Rimsky-K Scheherazade

Friday 19 - Tuesday 23 July: Tour to Hull
Friday: travel, Saturday: afternoon rehearsal, Sunday: rehearsal + concert,
Monday: free time/excursion, Tuesday: travel

August bank holiday weekend: Jaunt?

All programmes tba / tbc

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2024-25

Main concert dates unlikely to change

Thursday 5 September 2024: First rehearsal

Saturday 5 October 2024: CONCERT (St Barnabas)

Saturday 23 November 2024: CONCERT (St Barnabas)

Saturday 7 December 2024?: possible Christmas concert

Saturday 22 February 2025: CONCERT (St Barnabas)

Saturday 26 April 2025: possible St Albans / Wormser Kantorei concert

Saturday 17 May 2025: CONCERT (St Barnabas)

Date to reserve for Royal Albert Hall: Tuesday 24 June 2025

Saturday 26 July 2025: CONCERT (St Barnabas if not Latvia)

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PAST CONCERTS

2023-24

Saturday-Sunday 2-3 September: JAUNT (Great Haseley)

7 October 2023 St Barnabas was:
SIBELIUS: Finlandia 2.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.3?(Tr.Cy.BD): Stgs
BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy (David Way) 2.2.2.4: 4.4.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
KALINNIKOV: Symphony No. 1 3.3.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.1: Harp: Stgs

25 November 2023 St Barnabas was:
RAVEL: La Valse 3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.6(BD.SD.Cy.Tr.Tamb.Tam-tam.Guiro.Glock): 2 harps: Stgs
RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (Reuben Moisey)
3*.3*.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.3?(Tr.SD.Cy.BD.Glock): Harp: Stgs
George LLOYD: Symphony No. 4 3.3.4.3: 4.3.3.1: T.2: 2 harps: Celeste: Stgs

24 February 2024 St Barnabas was:
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3
4*.4*.5=.4*: 8.4.4 inc posthorn.1: 2T.5: 2 harps: Stgs. Alto solo. Boys’ chorus. Women’s chorus

2022-23

Sunday-Monday 28-29 August: JAUNT (Great Haseley)

8 October 2022 St Barnabas was:
ARNOLD: Homage to the Queen 2.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Celeste: Harp: Stgs
ARNOLD: Trumpet Concerto (Nick Budd) 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs
ARNOLD: Divertimento No. 2 3.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique 2*.2*.2+.4: 4.4.3.2: 4T.2: 2 harps: Stgs

Thursday 20 October 2022: UKRAINE CONCERT
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, Duke St, W1K 5BQ
Eric COATES: Covent Garden
ARNOLD: Divertimento No. 2 3.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Dona Nobis Pacem 3.2.2.3*: 4.4(2 opt).5(2 opt).1: T.?(BD.TD.Cy.Tam-tam.Tamb.Tr.Glock.Bell): Harp:Organ(opt): Stgs
DVOŘÁK: Rusalka: Song to the Moon
LEHAR: Gold and Silver Waltz
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures: Great Gate of Kiev
FAURÉ: Requiem: in Paradisum

26 November 2022 St Barnabas was:
STRAUSS: Don Juan 3*.3*.2.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
Martin JONES: Arctic Adventure Suite 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A London Symphony (No. 2)
3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.4.3.1: T.4: Harps: Stgs (3rd wind & 2 tpts optional)

17 December 2022 Christmas concert Ealing Green, included:
HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

11 February 2023 St Barnabas was
George LLOYD: Symphony No. 3 2.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
ELGAR: Sea Pictures (Harriet Williams) 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T2: Harp: Organ: Stgs
Sheldon BAIR: The Homefront 1944 (Harriet Williams) Orch?
RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances 3*.3*.3*.3*:.Alto sax: 4.3.3.1: T.5: Harp: Piano: Stgs

18 March 2023 St Barnabas was:
Laura ROSSI: Jailhouse Graffiti 2*.2*.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Stgs
BEETHOVEN; Violin Concerto (Peter Nall) 1.2.2.2: 2.2.0.0: T.0: Stgs
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) 3*.2*.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.1-2 (Tr.Cy): Stgs

20 May 2023 St Barnabas was:
William WORDSWORTH: Divertimento 2*.2.2.2*: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Stgs
PROKOFIEV: 1st Piano Concerto (Reuben Moisey) 2*.3*.2.2*: 4.3.3.1: T+2?: Harp: Stgs
LUTOSŁAWSKI: Variations on a theme of Paganini (Reuben Moisey) 3*.2.2.3*: 4.2.3.1: T.1: Stgs
SUK: Fairy Tale Suite 3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs

3 June 2023 Holy Trinity Church, Worms was:
MENDELSSOHN: Wir glauben all an einem Gott
DVOŘÁK: Hussite Overture 3*.2*.2.2:  4.2.3.1: T.2: Opt harp: Stgs
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on the Old 104th
Pēteris VASKS: Da pacem, Domine (2016)
BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasia

8 July 2023 St Barnabas was:
DVOŘÁK: Hussite Overture 3*.2*.2.2:  4.2.3.1: T.2: Opt harp: Stgs
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Maria Marchant) 3*.2.2.2:  2.2.3.1: T.1: Stgs
WALTON: Symphony No. 1 2*.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Stgs

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2021-22

Sat/Sun 28-29 August: JAUNT (Shepperton)

9 October was:
NIELSEN: Helios Overture 3*.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.0: Stgs
ARNOLD: Viola Concerto 1.2.2.2: 2.0.0.0: Stgs (Meghan Cassidy)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 3*.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.0: Stgs

27 November was:
SCRIABIN / David Matthews: Vers la flamme 3.3.3.3: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Stgs (Dinara Klinton)
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 4*.3*.3*.3*: 4.4.3.1: T.5: Piano: Celeste: 2 harps: Stgs

Saturday 11 December: Christmas concert (Ealing Green Church)

Thursday 16 December: Christmas party

12 February for EMFF was:
BAX: Tintagel 3*.3*.3*.2: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
WAGNER: Tristan & Isolde, Act II 3*.3*.3*3: 4.3.3.1: T.2(Tr.Cy): Harp: Stgs

26 March was:
TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini 3*.3*.2.2: 4.4.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
Grace WILLIAMS: Violin Concerto 2*.2*.2.2: 4.2.3.0: T.?: Harp: Stgs (Fenella Humphreys)
César FRANCK: Symphony in D minor 2.3*.3*.2: 4.4.3.1: T.0: Harp: Stgs

14 May was:
DEBUSSY: Images: Iberia 4*.3*.3.4*: 4.3.3.1: T.4: Celeste: 2 harps: Stgs
de FALLA: El Amor Brujo - Ritual Fire Dance 2*.1.2.1: 2.2.0.0: T.0: Piano: Stgs
MONCAYO: Huapango 3*.2: 3=.2: 4.3.3.1: T.3/4
Silvestre REVUELTAS: Sensemayá 3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.4.3.1: T.2: Piano
de FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain 3*.3*.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Harp: Celeste: Stgs
CHABRIER: España (3*.2.2.4: 4.4.3.1: T.4: 2 harps: Stgs

Sunday 5 June: JUBILEE CONCERT for LBE (Walpole Park)

9 July was:
George LLOYD: Symphony No. 2 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.0: T.0: Stgs
Paul LEWIS: Seaside Organ concerto 2*.1.1.1. 2.1.1.0 T.1 (Cy. Sus Cy. SD BD. Tr. Wd Blk.Tam-tam. Glock. Vibes): Stgs
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1945) 2*.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.3: Piano: Harp: Stgs
ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4 3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs

23 July Beverley Minster was:
ARNOLD: Scottish Dances 2*.2.2.2: 4.2.3.0: T.?: Harp: Stgs
George LLOYD: Symphony No. 2 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.0: T.0: Stgs
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.0: Stgs

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