Updated rehearsal calendar January - July 2006

Since the original calendar for the season was circulated in August 2005, change after change has been forced on us for the next three concerts.

The calendar from now to the end of this season is now as follows. Changes are in red:

[Each concert starts 7.30pm and is preceded by a 3-hour rehearsal at the venue at 2.30pm]

Concert: 11 February 2006 at Harpenden Methodist Church AL5 2RU (east side of High Street, Harpenden). Conductor: Anthony Weeden

Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture (1+1 2 2 2; 2 2 3 0; t 1-2p str)

Mozart - Wind Sinfonia Concertante (0 2 0 0; 2 0 0 0; str ; solo oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn)

Beethoven - Symphony No 5 (2+1 2 2 2+1; 2 2 3 0; t str)

Remaining rehearsals: 7.30pm Thursdays 26 Jan(sectionals), 2 Feb, 9 Feb, all at Applecroft School, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JZ

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Concert: 11 March 2006 at St George's Church, Stevenage SG1 1XX (corner of St Georges Way / Cuttys Lane). Conductor: Mark Forkgen.

(This concert is to celebrate the Stevenage composer Elizabeth Poston.)

Holst - Perfect Fool (2+1 2+1 2+1 2+1; 4 4 3 1; t 3p hp cel str)

Vaughan Williams - Tuba Concerto (2/1 1 2 1; 2 2 2 0; t 2p str) Soloist: Hiroke Kitagawa

Walton - Film Music from Henry V Suite (2/2 2/1 2 2; 4 2 2 1; t 3p hp str)

Walton - Symphony No 1 (2/1 2 2 2; 4 3 3 1; 2t 2p str)

Rehearsal dates:

7.30pm Tue 21 Feb, Thur 23 Feb(sectionals), Thur 2 March, Tue 7 March, Thur 9 March.

Rehearsal venues: Tuesdays (21 Feb, 7 March): Cecil Memorial Hall, Hatfield AL10 8AQ (French Horn Lane, south side, near Queensway roundabout)

Thursdays (23 Feb, 2 March, 9 March): Applecroft School, WGC

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Concert: 1 April 2006 at St Saviour's Church, St Albans AL1 4DF (Sandpit Lane near Walton Street)

(This concert is with the Aeolian Singers choir.)

Haydn - Te Deum (2222, 2230 T,no perc)

Mozart - 21st Piano Concerto ("Elvira Maddigan") Soloist: Aeolian’s rehearsal accompanist (Anna LeHair)

Bruckner - Third Mass (2 2 2 2; 2 2 3 0; timp str)

Conductors: Bjorn Bantock (16 March, 23 March)

Stephen E Jones, choirmaster of the Aeolian Singers (30 March and concert).

Rehearsals: 7.30pm Thursdays 16 and 23 March at Applecroft School, WGC (orchestra only).

7pm Thursday 30 March (with the choir) at John F Kennedy School, Warners End, Hemel Hempstead (Hollybush Lane opposite Martindale Road); maps will be available beforehand.

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The arrangements for the 20 May and 8 July concerts are still as originally planned:

Concert: 20 May 2006 at St Mary's Church, Potters Bar EN6 1QQ (near eastern end of The Walk)

Wagner - Liebestod from Tristan & Isolde (3/1 2+1 2+1 3; 4 3 3 1; t hp str)

Rachmaninov - Second Piano Concerto (2 2 2 2; 4 2 3 1; t 2p str) Soloist: Anna LeHair

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 4 (2+1 2 2 2; 4 2 3 1; t 3p str)

Conductor: Patrick Bailey

Rehearsals: 7.30pm Thursdays 20 Apr, 27 Apr(sectionals), 4 May, 11 May, 18 May, all at Applecroft, WGC.

Concert: 8 July 2006 at St Saviour's Church, St Albans AL1 4DF (Sandpit Lane near Walton Street).

Grieg- Norwegian Dances (2+1 2 2 2; 4 2 3 1; t 2p hp str)

Sibelius - En Saga (2/1 2 2 2; 4 3 3 1; 2p str)

Elgar - Symphony No 2 (3/1 2+1 2+1+Eb 3; 4 3 3 1; t 4p 2hp str)

Conductor: Adrian Brown

Rehearsals: 7.30pm Thursdays: 25 May; 8 June strings only; 15 June wind only; 22 June, 29 June, 6 July, all at Applecroft, WGC.

Peter Neville, Secretary Hertfordshire Philharmonia, 01438-714394

20 January 2006