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Autumn concert 2026
7.00 pm, 3rd October 2026, at Trinity Methodist Church, Newland Avenue, Hull
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Lauridsen: Lux aeterna
Plus:
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Bernstein, arr. Mason: West Side Story selection
Whitacre: Sing gently
Sondheim: Send in the Clowns
Mancini: Pink Panther theme and Moon River
Williams: ET theme
and other works
Rehearsal dates
Friday evening 2nd October from 7.00 pm at Trinity Methodist Church
7.00 Over the Rainbow, Sing gently, O nata lux (mvt 3 of Lauridsen)
Choir: you need to be on top of your notes and be ready to look up and watch.
7.20 Lauridsen mvts 1, 2, 4, 5
Everyone: please listen to this piece (2 versions in the 2 links) to get used to it. It’s lovely and bears repeated listening if you haven’t done so.
8.00 Fanfare for the Common Man
We are going to try this from the balconies. Horns to the left from where I stand, trumpets to my right, and lower brass on the platform where you were on Saturday.
Please be practising at home – see previous email for notes and practice video
8.15 Gershwin topping and tailing
Check that you have included all markings from previous rehearsals and from the detailed document.
8.30 Orchestral items – starting with ‘Send in the clowns’ as we didn’t do it on Saturday
If you have missed rehearsals, please check with desk partners or section leaders what instructions have been given and make sure you are as ready as you can be.
Finishing by 9.00 if all goes well, later if necessary – incentive to get everything right!
Saturday 3rd October
3.00 Fanfare run through
3.10 Orchestra second-half items topping and tailing
4.00 Lauridsen topping and tailing
4.40 Choir topping and tailing
5.00 Rachel to have time to play the piano without having to think about other things
Everyone else please do go and have a break. The church hall will be available for those bringing a packed tea. There are plenty of food outlets on Newland Avenue.
Concert starts at 7 pm and will be over by roughly 9.00.
Concert starts at 7 pm
Concert dress
Black trousers or skirt with a plain coloured top – no patterns, please.
Black or white counts as a colour if that is what you have got.
No tie required but wear one if you like.
A black or plain coloured jacket or cardigan is fine over your plain coloured top.
Make sure you are going to be warm enough!
