Weekly Rehearsals Autumn 2017
We will be singing the J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio (parts 1 ,4, 5 and 6) using the Bärenreiter Edition in our performance in St Machar's Cathedral on Sunday 3 December 2017 at 7:45 p.m. Rehearsals will be in High Church Hilton from Tuesday 29 August until Tuesday 31 October, with a two week break on Tuesdays 17 and 24 October. From Tuesday 7 November, all rehearsals will be in St Machar's Cathedral. If you are likely to miss more than three rehearsals or cannot attend both rehearsals on the weekend of the performance, please speak to Peter.
The schedule shows the parts of the work actually rehearsed.
Date & Time |
Venue |
Items |
Tue 29 Aug |
High Church Hilton |
Complete sing-through of all pieces |
Tue 5 Sep |
High Church Hilton |
Rehearsal cancelled |
Tue 12 Sep |
High Church Hilton |
Chorus 1 |
Tue 19 Sep |
High Church Hilton |
Revise 1, 5, 46, 53 |
Tue 26 Sep |
High Church Hilton |
Revise choruses 1, 43; chorale 5 |
Tue Oct 3 |
High Church Hilton |
Revise chorus 36, 43; chorales 5, 46, 64 |
Tue Oct 10 |
High Church Hilton |
Revise choruses 1, 36, 43, 54; chorales 5, 9, 42, 46, 64 |
Tue Oct 17/24 |
- |
October break |
Tue Oct 31 |
High Church Hilton |
Revise choruses 1, 36, 43 |
Tue Nov 7 |
St Machar's Cathedral |
Revise choruses 1, 36, 43; chorales 5, 9, 64; Gabrieli Gloria in excelsis deo |
Tue Nov 14 |
St Machar's Cathedral |
Revise choruses 43, 54. German words for choruses 1, 36, 43 and chorales 5. 53, 59 and 64. Sing through Gabrieli Gloria in excelsis deo and Monteverdi Beatus Vir (for April 2018). |
Tue Nov 21 |
St Machar's Cathedral |
New work: chorale 42. Revise chorales 5. 9, 45 and 59. Sing through choruses 1, 36 and 43 in the round. Sing through Monteverdi Beatus Vir in the round (for April 2018) |
Tue Nov 28 |
St Machar's Cathedral |
Sing through all choral parts |
Sat Dec 2 |
St Machar's Cathedral |
Full rehearsal with Soloists and Orchestra |
Sun Dec 3 |
St Machar's Cathedral |
Full rehearsal with Soloists and Orchestra |
