Hertfordshire
Philharmonia Rehearsals & Concerts 2011-2012 Season
Position
as at 3
February 2012, but all details
remain subject to change
All rehearsals (unless otherwise announced)
are at Applecroft School, Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
AL8 6JZ, from 7.30pm to 10.15pm.
All
concerts (unless otherwise announced)
start at 7.30pm and are preceded by a final
rehearsal, at the concert venue, 2.30pm-5.30pm.
Concert dress
gentlemen: other concerts: In general, and subject to
further members' vote: October to Easter: DJ. Rest of
the year: all-black
Concert Sat 11 February 2012
Thurs 5 January 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Thurs 12 January 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal until half-time,
then Wind only
Thurs 19 January 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal until half-time,
then Strings only
Thurs 26 January 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Thurs 2 February 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Thurs 9 February 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal (with
concerto soloist)
Concert Sat 11 February 2012 at St Saviours
Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF (near Walton Street)
Conductor: Jacques Cohen, Cello soloist: Michael Wigram
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture (2+1 2+1 2 2; 4 2 3 1;
t 2p hp str): 20mins
Elgar: Cello concerto in E minor op.85 (2/1 2 2 2; 4 2 3 (1); t strings):
30mins
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 ver) (2/1 2/1 2 2; 4 2 3 1; t 3p hp
pno str): 28mins
Choral concert Sat 31 March 2012 - for the North Herts
Guild of Singers
Thurs 15 March 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal under
our conductor (Lev Parikian)
Thurs 22 March 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal under
our conductor (Lev Parikian)
Thurs 29 March 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal under the choir's
director (Stephen Bullamore), at Hitchin Girls' School, Highbury Road,
Hitchin, SG4 9RS (entrance on west side of Highbury Road,
just north of Windmill Hill turning).
Concert Sat 31 March 2012 at the Coptic Cathedral,
Shephalbury Manor, Broadhall Way, Stevenage. Do NOT use their postcode
to find this - it will take you to where they USED to be! Instead, use the
postcode SG2 8NP or
click here for map and directions.
Conductor: Stephen Bullamore (director of the North Herts Guild of Singers)
Soloists: tenor Mark Wilde [appointed by NHGS], French Horn Jo
Towler
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Op31: (Str, Solo Tenor, Solo
Horn): 24 mins
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality: (3/1 2 2+bcl 2+1; 4 3 3 1; t 2p hp str
perc: xyl/cyms/tgl/cast/tpl.bl/BD/SD/tamb/TD):
43 mins
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
"Small-orchestra" theme concert Sat 26 May 2012
Thurs 26 April 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Thurs 3 May 2012 Strings rehearsal
Thurs 10 May 2012 Winds rehearsal
Thurs 17 May 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Thurs 24 May 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Concert Sat 26 May 2012 at St Johns Church,
Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1JY (St Johns Church Boxmoor lies between Station
Road and the south end of Heath Lane)
Conductor: Bjorn Bantock; Soloist: Angela Crispe
Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutte K588: (2 2 2 2; 2 2 0 0; t str): 6 mins
Finzi: Clarinet concerto Op31: (strings-only): 25 mins
Fauré: Pavane Op50: (2 2 2 2; 2 0 0 0; str): 7 mins
Gounod: Petite Symphonie pour neuf instruments à vent: (1 2 2 2; 2
0 0 0; [no strings]): 18 mins
Haydn Symphony no. 101 in D (Clock): (2 2 2 2; 2 2 0 0; t str): 29 mins
"Evoking Places" concert Sat 7 July 2012
Thurs 14 June 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Tuesday 19 June 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Thurs 21 June 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Thurs 28 June 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Thurs 5 July 2012 Full-orchestra rehearsal
Although there are no formal Sectional rehearsals for this concert,
any section may be rehearsed by itself at the end of any rehearsal, but never
going beyond 10.15pm.
Concert Sat 7 July 2012 at St John's Methodist
Church, Potters Bar EN6 2DZ (Baker Street, at corner with Heather Way). Click
for map.
Conductor: Patrick Bailey
Mendelssohn: Overture 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage' (orchestration
within the following)
Smetana: Movements 4 (Bohemian Woods) and 6 (Blanik) from Ma Vlast: (2+1 2
2 2; 4 2 4 1; t 2p str)
Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D op.43: (2 2 2 2; 4 3 3 1; t str): 44 mins