Find out what we’ll be rehearsing each week, or download a Bach score. You can listen in advance or catch up on any weeks you miss.
- Vivaldi – Magnificat
- Bach – Cantata 62 (Num komm der Heiden Heiland)
- Purcell – O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song
- Christmas tunes
Week by week rehearsal schedule
20 September
Vivaldi – Deposuit + Et Misericordia
27 September
Vivaldi – Fecit Potentiam, Magnificat + Ex Exultant
4 October
Vivaldi – Suscepit + Gloria
11 October
Purcell – O Sing Unto the Lord
18 October
Purcell – any remaining + Vivaldi Revision
1 November
Bach – up to bar 46 (sops New Year’s Day Carol)
8 November
Bach – remainder + final chorale
15 November
Carols – Ding Dong arr, The Infant King
22 November
Sans Day Carol + 4 part Congregational carols
29 November
Revision as required
Saturday 3 December – day of the concert
We’ll run through everything in the church. The rehearsal will start at about 2pm and run until about 5.30pm, then we’ll have a break before the concert starts at 7.30pm.
Editions
We’re loaning copies of the music to everyone who signs up for the term, but if you’d rather use your own personal copies, these are the editions we’ll be learning from:
Vivaldi – Recordi
Bach – Breitkopf (download a clean scan)
Purcell – Novello arr, Watkins Shaw
Learning resources
You can find useful recordings of your part to sing along to and practice on Cyberbass and sometimes other sites: