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Updated 7 February 2018
Please submit your Rehearsal Commitment for the 6 April Concert by clicking on the “Rehearsals ” button on the right.
You can check your submission by using the link under the Rehearsal box.
Rehearsals dates for the 2019 Season are listed below. Please add them to your diary.
There are five events currently planned during the year. You can see the plan and dates in the right-hand column below, next to the rehearsal schedule. Major concerts for 2020 and 2021 are also listed there.
The first concert in the 2019 Season is of French music and includes choral music by Duruflé and Poulenc, and Debussy’s Petite Suite for piano, 4 hands.
The setting by Maurice Duruflé of the Requiem Mass dates from 1947. Unlike the apocalyptic settings by Berlioz and Verdi, Duruflé’s Requiem is more akin to Fauré’s familiar setting in its sense of serene optimism. Francis Poulenc’s Gloria was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, and premiered in Boston in 1961. The familiar liturgical words are given a setting that abounds in joy. This lovable work has justly become popular with singers and audiences alike.
Claude Debussy‘s Petite Suite for piano, four hands, first performed in 1889 is a work of immediate lyric charm, and its simplicity is in stark contrast with the modernist works that Debussy was writing at the time.
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St James’s Singers’ Officers
| Patron | Dame Judi Dench CH |
| President | Catherine Bott FGS, Hon FTL |
| President Emeritus | Barrie Dugdale OBE |
| Vice Presidents | Professor Robert Bluglass CBE; Dr Kerry Bluglass; Sylvia Coigley; Duncan Fairfax-Lucy; Elizabeth Foster-Hall; Margaret Haycock; Donald Hunter; Jane Woolfenden |
| Chair | Hilary Mills |
| Secretary | Peter Williams |
| Treasurer | Kirsty Campbell |
| Committee | Kate Gardner, Kate Nash |
| Conductor | Julian Harris |
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Rehearsal Commitment
Rehearsal Schedule for the 2019 Season
Duruflé Requiem & Poulenc Gloria – Saturday 6 April – St Mary’s, Warwick
| Date | Time | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Sat 16 Feb | 10.00am | Alveston | Preliminary 1 Workshop |
| 2. Sat 16 Feb | 1.15pm | Alveston | Preliminary 2 Workshop |
| 3. Thur 21 Feb | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 3 |
| 4. Fri 1 Mar | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 4 |
| 5. Thu 7 Mar | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 5 |
| 6. Thu 14 Mar | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 6 |
| 7. Fri 22 Mar | 7.30pm | Alveston | Core 7 |
| 8. Fri 29 Mar | 7.30pm | Alveston | Core 8 |
| 9. Sat 30 Mar | 10.00am | Alveston | Core Workshop 9 |
| 10. Sat 30 Mar | 1.15pm | Alveston | Core Workshop 10 |
| 11. Fri 5 Apr | 7.30pm | Alveston | Core 11 |
| 12. Sat 6 April | 2.00pm | St Mary’s | Concert Day |
| 13. CONCERT | 7.30pm | St Mary’s | CONCERT |
Kirsty and Noel’s Wedding – Saturday 11 May, St Mary’s Church, Warwick
| Date | Time | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Fri 10 May | 7.30pm | Alveston | Rehearsal |
| 2 Sat 11 May | 10.00am | St Mary’s | WEDDING |
| 3 WEDDING | 12.00pm | St Mary’s | WEDDING |
Choral Evensong – Monday 29 July - Westminster Abbey, London
| Date | Time | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Thu 18 Jul | 7.30pm | Alveston | |
| 2 Fri 26 Jul | 7.30pm | Alveston | |
| 3 Sun 28 Jul | 4.00pm | TBA | Local Evensong Rehearsal |
| 4 Sun 28 Jul | 6.30pm | TBA | Local Evensong |
| 5 Mon 20 Jul | TBA | Westminster Abbey | |
| 6 EVENSONG | TBA | Westminster Abbey |
Welcome to all the Pleasures - 12 October 2019 - St Mary's, Warwick
| Date | Time | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Fri 30 Aug | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 1 |
| 2. Sat 31 Aug | 10.00am | Alveston | Preliminary 2 Workshop |
| 3. Sat 31 Aug | 1.15pm | Alveston | Preliminary 3 Workshop |
| 4. Fri 6 Sept | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 4 |
| 5. Thu 12 Sept | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 5 |
| 6. Fri 20 Sept | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 6 |
| 7. Thu 26 Sept | 7.30pm | Alveston | Core 7 |
| 8. Fri 4 Oct | 7.30pm | Alveston | Core 8 |
| 9. Sat 5 Oct | 10.00am | Alveston | Core 9 Workshop |
| 10. Sat 5 Oct | 1.15pm | Alveston | Core 10 Workshop |
| 11. Fri 11 Oct | 7.30pm | Alveston | Core 121 |
| 12. Sat 12 Oct | 2.00pm | St Mary's, Warwick | Core 12 |
| 13. Sat 12 Oct | 7.30pm | St Mary's, Warwick | CONCERT |
Christmas Concert - Saturday 21 December - St Mary's, Warwick
| Date | Time | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Fri 15 Nov | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 1 |
| 2. Thu 21 Nov | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 2 |
| 3. Fri 29 Nov | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 3 |
| 4. Thu 5 Dec | 7.30pm | Alveston | Preliminary 4 |
| 5. Fri 13 Dec | 7.30pm | Alveston | Core 5 |
| 6. Thu 19 Dec | 7.30pm | Alveston | Core 6 |
| 7. Sat 21 Dec | 2.00pm | St Mary's Warwick | Concert Day |
| 8. Sat 21 Dec | 7.30pm | St Mary's Warwick | CONCERT |
FUTURE CONCERT DATES
2019
- SATURDAY 6 APRIL
DURUFLÉ REQUIEM, POULENC GLORIA & DEBUSSY PETITE SUITE, ST MARY’S CHURCH WARWICK - SATURDAY 11 MAY
WEDDING, ST MARY’S CHURCH, WARWICK - MONDAY 29 JULY
CHORAL EVENSONG
WESTMINSTER ABBEY - SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER
WELCOME TO ALL THE PLEASURES, ST MARY’S CHURCH, WARWICK
Purcell – Welcome to all the Pleasures
– Te Deum and Jubilate Deo
– O sing unto the Lord
Vivaldi – Magnificat
– Concerto for Recorder
Charpentier – Te Deum - SATURDAY 21 DECEMBER
CHRISTMAS CONCERT, ST MARY’S CHURCH WARWICK
2020
- SATURDAY 25 APRIL
MOZART MASS IN C MINOR, ST MARY’S CHURCH WARWICK
2021
- SATURDAY 27 MARCH
BACH ST MATTHEW PASSION ST MARY’S CHURCH WARWICK