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Spring concert 2025: Saturday 1st March
Puccini, Messa di Gloria
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 1
Please keep checking time and venue, as we are constantly on the lookout for rehearsal venues so that we can vary the burden on everyone but keep costs to a minimum.
**** Friday 6th December – now choir only, at Mary’s house ****
In the schedule below, newly added rehearsals are flagged **NEW**. Also would all singers and players put Friday 28th Feb 7pm in your diaries and keep the afternoon of 1st March free.
Information about Swanland Village Hall.
Swanland Village Hall, Main St, Swanland, HU14 3QR (adjacent to the duck pond). Parking is available in the car park of the Hall itself, in the approach road by the pond, and on Main Street.
Choir Rehearsals for Puccini
Friday 6th December, Mary’s house, 7.30 – 9.30
Friday 17th January, Mary’s house. 7.30 – 9.15
Friday 31st January, Mary’s house, 7.30 – 9.15
Further dates with orchestra to be announced.
Orchestra Rehearsals for Puccini and Shostakovich
Saturday 30th November , St Albans, Shostakovich 11.00 – 2.00
Thursday 19th December, Swanland Village Hall, Shostakovich 7.30 – 9.30
Thursday 2nd January, Swanland Village Hall, Shostakovich 7.30 – 9.30
** NEW ** Friday 10th January, Trinity Methodist Church, Hull, 7.30 – 9.30 **
Saturday 18th January, St Albans, Shostakovich 10:30 – 12.15, Puccini 12.15 – 1.00 (venue and timings tbc)
Sunday 26th January, Cottingham Civic Hall, Shostakovich 2.00 – 3.45, Puccini 3.45 – 4.30
Saturday 1st February, St Albans, Shostakovich 10:30 – 12.15 Shostakovich, Puccini 12.15 – 1.00 (venue and timings tbc)
Sunday 9th February, Cottingham Civic Hall, Shostakovich 2.00 – 3.45, Puccini 3.45 – 4.30
Full orchestra needed for both Puccini and Shostakovich
Puccini
Full strings ~ flute/piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons ~
2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba ~ timpani
Please spread the word, particularly for brass and more strings, and extra players
Shostakovich
Full strings ~ flute 1, flute 2/piccolo 2, flute 3/piccolo 1, oboe 1, oboe 2, clarinet 1, clarinet 2, bassoon 1, bassoon 2 ~ horns x 4 ~ trumpets x 2 plus contralto trumpet ~ trombones x 3, tuba ~ timpani, percussion x 4, piano