Dear all

Thank you for your co-operation last Monday.  We will be setting up staging on Saturday which should improve the sight lines, but make sure you can see the conductor!

Concert Day on Saturday
10.00am Help is required to set up the staging and chairs and move the piano.
2.00pm Rehearsal starts.  Steven will begin with the choir only, and will rehearse the Agnus Dei (with Rebecca) at around 2.30pm.  He anticipates rehearsing with the soloists from 2.50pm, beginning with the Gloria.  We will break at around 3.30pm, and the choir will then be finished.
7.15pm Meet ready for the concert.  Last minute instructions will be given in the afternoon.
Please return the hired scores afterwards if you are not coming to Steven's farewell on Monday.

Steven's Farewell on Monday
Starts 7.30pm at the URC.  Please bring your food, hired music (Rossini) and the 3 songs!  Alison has sent out final details to those attending.

Next year 2026-27
We meet again in the Cossham Hall at 7,30pm for the AGM on Monday 7 September.  Our first rehearsal follows straight afterwards.  We will be singing the following for our concert on Saturday 28 November:
Faure: Requiem (OUP)
Durufle: Quatre Motets (Durand)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Stainer & Bell)
Gaudete
Victoria: O magnum mysterium
plus
Christmas Carols

On Saturday 8 May 2027, we are planning to sing Mendelssohn's Elijah.

Best wishes,
Mike Elcock
Thornbury Choral Society