Autumn Term 2025
Our autumn term started Tuesday 23 September, 7.30pm at William Ellis School, NW5 1RN. Then every Tuesday until 9 December, except for 21 and 28 October, when the school is closed.
Our concert is on Saturday 13th December.
Music for this term
The theme for this term is 20th and 21st Century British Choral Music accompanied by Strings and Harp.
Music for this term
We’re going to learn and perform:
- Britten –
Ceremony of Carols
(SATB version) - Finzi –
In Terra Pax
- Fauré –
Cantique de Jean Racine
- Franck – Psalm 150
- Rutter –
Sans Day Carol
- Trad French –
Quelle est cette odeur
We’ll also revise a couple of traditional carols, both arranged for
choir and for the audience to sing along.
Rehearsal Schedule
- 11 November
Revise Britten: In Freezing Winter Night, Ballulalow and Finzi (upto Fig 8)
New: Franck + Faure - 18 November
Revise: Franck + Faure
New: Finzi – Fig 10 to the end + Britten – Processional/Recessional (SA only) - 25 November
Revise: Finzi
New: Rutter + French Carols + Britten – That Young Child (SA only) - 2 December
Revise: Carols + Congregational carols, Britten (All) - 9 December
Revise: Finzi, Franck, Britten - 13 December
Concert day rehearsal at 2.30pm St Mary Brookfield
Order: Rutter, Britten, Faure, Franck, Finzi, French Carol, Congregational carols
Learning Resources
Sorry the online resources are so late…
- Britten
There’s a Cyberbass page of synthesised music with each part available emphasised.
There are some alto and soprano tracks I found on a youtube search, but I couldn’t find bass/tenor parts. - Finzi
Here’s an excellent youtube playlist with a watch-the-score video for each part, thanks to
the DeKalb Festival Chorus.
You may be able to go straight to your part:
soprano 1, soprano 2, alto 1, alto 2, tenor 1, tenor 2, bass 1. - Franck
Ian found a video on word pronounciation
And also a video for each part too, from a youtube channel called Chor Repertoire.
I can’t find a playlist with all the parts, but click here for your part: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass. - Rutter
There’s a basic piano SATB with each part emphasised found in this playlist.