Latest
position is as shown, but all details are still 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 on Thursdays,
plus 13 January and 3 March
All concerts start at 7.30pm and are
preceded by a final rehearsal, at
the concert venue, 2.30pm-5.30pm.
18 September 2008: Playthrough evening
New conductor:
Ben Palmer.
Applecroft School, 7.30pm "Repertoire rehearsal" playthrough, followed
(after coffee break) by AGM
|
Franck |
Symphony in D minor |
2 2+1 2+1 2; 4 4 (2+2) 3 1;
(t hp) str |
1 November 2008 at Homewood Rd Church, Homewood Rd, St Albans [at corner with Sandpit Lane]
Conductor: Jacques
Cohen. Soloist: Fenella Humphreys
First rehearsal
25 Sep, followed at about 9pm by Annual
General Meeting
Subsequent rehearsals: 2 Oct (string
sectional), 9 Oct (wind sectional), 16 Oct, 23 Oct, then (please note) at Homewood Road Church on 30 Oct
|
Strauss |
Serenade for Wind in
Eb op 7 |
2 2 2 2+1; 4 0 0 0 |
|
Mendelssohn |
Violin concerto in Emin op
64 |
2 2 2
2; 2 2 0 0; t str |
|
Vaughan-Williams |
Symphony number 5 in D |
2/1 1+1 2 2; 2 2 3 0; t str |
6th December 2008 at St Mary’s Church, The Walk, Potters Bar EN6 1QQ (east end of The Walk, south side) Probably
Chamber-sized orchestra only.
Rehearsals: tbc. Possibly 20
Nov, and probably 27 Nov and 4 Dec, all at Applecroft
|
Concert with local choir |
(provisionally) to include
Rutter |
7th February 2009 at St Saviours Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1
4DF (near Walton Street)
Conductor: Patrick Bailey. Soloist to be confirmed
Rehearsals: 8 Jan, 13 Jan
(string sectional), 15 Jan (wind sectional), 22 Jan, 29 Jan, 5 Feb
|
Wagner |
Tannhäuser – Introduction
to Act 3 |
2+1 2 2 2; 4 3 3 1; t str |
|
Strauss |
4 Last Songs op 64 |
4 3 3 2; 4 3 3 1; t hp str |
|
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony number 6 in B min
op 74 (Pathetique) |
3/1 2 2(+1) 2; 4 2 3 1; t
1p str |
28th
March 2009 at St Mary’s Church, The Walk, Potters Bar EN6 1QQ
(east end of The Walk, south side)
Conductor: Adrian Brown.
Rehearsals: 26 Feb, (possible
additional Tuesday rehearsal 3 March), 5 Mar, 12 Mar, 19 Mar, 26 Mar
|
Elgar |
Introduction and Allegro for Strings op 47 |
Str + str quartet |
|
Brahms |
St Anthony Variations op 56(a) |
2+1 2 2 2+1; 4 2 0 0 ; t p str |
|
Sibelius |
Symphony no 4 in A minor op 63 |
2 2 2 2; 4 2 3 0; t p str |
at St Saviours Church, Sandpit
16 May 2009 at St Saviours Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF
(near Walton Street)
Conductor: Rufus Frowde Soloist: Angela Crispe
Rehearsals:
23 Apr, 30 Apr, 7 May, 14 May (4 rehearsals only, with no sectionals)
|
Arvo Pärt |
Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten |
str 1p (bell) |
|
Mozart |
Clarinet Concerto in A min K622 |
2 0 0 2; 2 0 0 0; str |
|
Beethoven |
Symphony no 1 in C op 21 |
2 2 2 2; 2 2 0 0: t str |
11th July 2009 at St Mary’s Church, The Walk, Potters Bar (east end of The Walk, south side). Conductor: Bjorn Bantock. Soloist being chosen by the Conductor (and playing at no cost to the orchestra)
Rehearsals:
4 Jun, 11 Jun, 18 Jun, 25 Jun, 2 July, 9 July
(6 rehearsals; detailed evening-by-evening schedule to follow later)
|
Beethoven |
Coriolan op 62 |
2 2 2 2; 2 2 0 0; t str |
|
Schumann |
Cello concerto op 129 |
2 2 2 2; 2 2 0 0; t str |
|
Brahms |
Symphony no 3 in F op 90 |
2 2 2 2+1; 4 2 3 0; t str |
Peter
Neville, Secretary, 01438-714394