Concert Diary & Repertoire
Autumn Term 2014 information
CHORUS
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
DIARY 2014-2015
Term 1 2014
Rehearsals are Thursday evenings during term time in the Woods-Scawen Room, Warwick Arts Centre. Doors open at 7pm, rehearsals start at 7.05pm.
The first Thursday rehearsal of the academic year is devoted to THE BIG SING! THE BIG SING! itself comprises 3 sessions, Oct 2 & 6 with concert on Oct 8.
The term’s work will be the Brahms Requiem, in German.
Thurs 2 Oct 7.00-9.30pm Woods-Scawen Room THE BIG SING! Everyone welcome, bring your friends too, lots of varied repertoire on offer! You will be given a music folder, there’s nothing you need to bring apart from your lovely voices!
Mon 6 Oct 7.00-9.45pm Butterworth Hall BIG SING! rehearsal for FREE CONCERT with
accompaniment from the Symphony Orchestra
Wed 8 Oct 7pm Butterworth Hall FREE CONCERT - CELEBRATION!
Programme for THE BIG SING!
Ron Goodwin FRANK SINATRA MEDLEY
Rodgers & Hammerstein OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING from OKLAHOMA!
Ralph Vaughan Williams LET ALL THE WORLD IN EVERY CORNER SING
C Hubert H Parry I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME
(opening only 3.5 minutes)
Beethoven SYMPHONY NO. 9 (excerpt)
(FYI Scholarship & Bursary auditions are on Thurs 16 & Fri 17 Oct)
Thurs 9 Oct 7.00-9.30pm WSR Rehearsal Brahms Requiem
Thurs 16 Oct 7.00-9.30pm WSR Rehearsal Brahms Requiem
Thurs 23 Oct 7.00-9.30pm WSR Rehearsal Brahms Requiem
Thurs 30 Oct 7.00-9.30pm WSR Rehearsal Brahms Requiem
Thurs 6 Nov 7.00-9.30pm WSR Rehearsal Brahms Requiem
Thurs 13 Nov 7.00-9.30pm WSR Rehearsal Brahms Requiem
Tues 18 Nov 7.00-9.45pm Butterworth Hall JOINT REHEARSAL WITH ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
Thurs 20 Nov 7.00-9.30pm WSR Rehearsal Brahms Requiem
Thurs 27 Nov 7.00-9.30pm WSR Rehearsal Brahms Requiem
Sun 30 Nov 11.30am-2.30pm Butterworth Hall Rehearsal with Symphony Orchestra
& Soloists
4pm Butterworth Hall CONCERT – BRAHMS & SHOSTAKOVICH
Programme:
Brahms REQUIEM
Term 2 2015
Wed 4th March Warwick Fused IV CONCERT 7.30pm
Monday 9th Mar BUTTERWORTH HALL CONCERT (evening)
Programme to include:
A TRIBUTE TO GERSHWIN arr. Jack Jarrett
Plus other arrangements of LOVE IS HERE TO STAY, THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
(We plan to make a professional recording of A TRIBUTE TO GERSHWIN during Term 2)
Term 3 2015
Fri 15 May Afternoon (Please keep late afternoon free for special rehearsal)
7.30pm BEETHOVEN 9 CONCERT WITH WARSAW PHILHARMONIC
BUTTERWORTH HALL
Thurs 21 May 2015 WARWICK SONGBOOK CONCERT (evening)
Week 9/10 TBC BUTTERWORTH HALL CONCERT
Programme TBC