Three Rivers Chamber Orchestra Rehearsal Schedule

Next Season - 2010

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Sorry for the radio silience, it's taken me ages to get things together due to work and family commitments.

Here are the details for the next season.
Unfortunately because of the way that Easter falls and as a result of getting all the dates together in the clash diary, we've only got 2 dates.

Feb 26th: Repetoire Day in St Mary's Church Hall, Rickmansworth
10 am - 17.00 pm
Prokofiev Sinfonietta 1929 version - Op 48: 2222, 4200 - str
Shostakovich Symphony 1: 3222 - 4331, tp+4, pft - str
or Shostakovich Symphony15: 3222 - 4231, tp+5, cel - str

May 1st: Concert in St Mary's Church, Rickmansworth
7.30 pm
rehearsal schedule: tbc
Mozart Symphony no. 25, K. 183, G minor
Scoring: FS 0202 4000 Str Duration: 26'

JS Bach Brandenburg concerto no. 4, BWV. 1049, G major
Scoring: FS Str cont: 2 solo Fls & Vln Duration: 15'

Beethoven Symphony no. 1, op. 21, C major
Scoring: FS 2222 2200 T Str Duration: 24'-29'

Any queries, give me a shout.
Hope to see you soon.
Best Wishes
Theresa

2008- 2009 Season

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:37:00 +0000

Hello, I hope you’ve all had a good Summer and ready to play again.

Although we usually present 2 or 3 concerts a year and have fun sight-reading during the odd repertoire day, this season all three events will take the form of repertoire days, each concluding with an informal concert, open without charge to members of the public.

Our M.D. John Andrews has a great programme planned for us:

Repertoire Day 1: Sat 8 Nov 2008

BRUCKNER Symphony No.6 (‘Philosophical’) WAB 106 (Scoring: 2222 4331T Str)

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.1 C major (Scoring: FS 1222 2200T Str)

Repertoire Day 2: Sat 28 Feb 2009 - A DAY WITH SCHEHEREZADE

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherezade (Scoring:FS *3*222 4231 T Perc Hp Str)

RAVEL Scheherezade

Repertoire Day 3: Sat 9 May 2009 - BALLET MUSIC DAY

TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No.1 from The Nutcracker (Scoring: *3*332 4231 T Perc Hp Cel)

TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from Sleeping Beauty (Scoring: FS *3*322 4431 T Perc Hp Str)

STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (Scoring?: 2*2*22 4231 T Perc Hp Pf Str)

All 3 days will take place at St.Mary’s Church Hall, Bury Lane, Rickmansworth, WD3 1JB (map)

Please arrive from 10.00am for a 10.30 start, finishing by 17.30

10.00 – 10.30 Arrival and coffee/tea
10.30– 13.00 Session 1
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 16.00 Session 2 and Open rehearsal items
16.10 – 16.30 Tea and coffee Break
16.30 Open Rehearsal/Informal concert – family and friends are invited to come and listen

Cost: £15* to cover music, hall and professional costs (£10 concs)

* (Price excludes lunch,there are lots of restaurants/pubs/sandwich bars close to the church)

2007 – 2008 Season Details

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:54:00 +0000

Concert 1: Saturday 26th January 7.30 pm, St. Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Rehearsal schedule:

Friday rehearsals are in the Cloisters Church Hall, The Cloisters off High St,

Friday 11th January 2008 7.30 – 10. 00 pm: tutti

Friday 18th January 2008 7.30 – 10. 00 pm: tutti

Friday 25th January 2008 7.30 – 10. 00 pm: tutti with soloist

Saturday 26th January 2008 2pm: Tutti: St Mary’s Church, Church Street,

Soloist: David Wheedon

Beethoven: Coriolan : Overture, op. 62 Scoring: FS 2222 2200 T Str

Mozart: Concerto for clarinet & orchestra, K. 622, A major Scoring: FS 2002 2000 Str

Beethoven: Symphony no. 7, op. 92, A major Scoring: FS 2222 2200 T Str

Subscriptions will be £15 (£10 concs) per concert. Please join us after rehearsals for a drink at The Feathers Pub.

· PLEASE bring a music stand to every rehearsal and to the concert.

· Dress code: long black for ladies and DJs for the gentlemen.

Repertoire Day 2: Saturday May 10th 2008

10.00am – 17.30 pm, St Mary’s Church Hall, Bury Lane off Church Street, Rickmansworth

Beethoven: Concerto for piano & orchestra no. 1, op. 15, C major: Scoring: FS 1222 2200 T Str

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony no. 3, op. 56, A minor 'Scottish' Scoring: FS 2222 4200 T Str

2007 – 2008 Season Details

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:54:00 +0000

2007 – 2008 Season Details

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:54:00 +0000

Provisionally our next season looks like this:

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:18:00 +0000

Sat 13th Oct 2007
Cloisters Church Hall
Repetoire Day - 10am - 5.30pm
open rehearsal 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Programme includes extracts from:
· Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
· Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
· Elgar: Falstaff
· Mussorgsky: Pictures

Concert: January 26th 2008, 7.30pm
St. Mary's Church -TBC
Programme includes:
· Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A
· Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

May 10th 2008
Repetoire Day - 10am - 5.30pm
open rehearsal 4.30pm - 5.30pm
St Joan of Arc School
Programme includes:
Stavinsky
Brahms Piano Concerto

We're still looking for string players to join up and although our wind and brass sections are full, we would welcome people to join our depping lists.

Andrew Ross is main contact for tickets
and I am main contact for fixing players.

Saturday 5th May: 10.30am - 2.00pm St. Mary's Church Hall

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:33:00 +0000

Hello,

Hope you're all well. Here are the details for our next concert.

Please note really short rehearsal schedule!!!

Friday 27th April: 7.30 -10pm tutti - The Cloisters Hall, The Cloisters

Tuesday 1st May: 7.30 - 10 pm - Sectionals Strings in St. Mary's Church Wind
& brass - venue tbc.

Friday 4th May: 7.30 -10 pm tutti - The Cloisters Hall, The Cloisters

Saturday 5th May: 10.30am - 2.00pm St. Mary's Church Hall, Church Street,
(there's a wedding on in the church 2.30 -3.45pm so we can't do our usual
times)

Concert starts at 5pm

A Family Concert: 'Around the World' Programme includes some if not all of
the following:
Mozart: Overture Abduction from the Seraglio
Rossini: Overture Italian Girl in Algiers
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain or The Great Gate of Kiev -tbc
Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Offenbach: Suite Orpheus in the Underworld
Sullivan: Overture, Mikado
J. Strauss II: Waltz, The Beautiful Blue Danube
Sibelius: Finlandia
Smetana: Vltava
Bartok: Roumanian Dances

Usual stuff still applies:

Please bring a stand,

Concert dress: coloured shirts and black trousers for gentlemen, same for
ladies or long black with a flash of colour.

Subs for concerts: £15 per concert,

Ticket prices:£10 on the door, £8 (advance), £6 (concs), £1 children under
16's available from me or Andrew Ross.

Please let me know whether you can make it, hope you to see you all soon,
Theresa

2006 - 2007 Season

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:44:00 +0000

I hope you’ve had a lovely summer so far. I thought I’d let everyone know about our exciting next season that M.D. John Andrews has for us, as I know how busy your diaries get. Please note the different rehearsal venues and schedule.

Repertoire day 1: 10.00 – 10.30 am start, Saturday October 21st 2006.
Rickmansworth Baptist Church Hall, High St.
Strings programme: Strauss Metamorphosen, Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony,
Hindemith: Five Movements Op. 44, Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Wind dectets: programme: tbc

Concert 1. 7.30 pm, Saturday November 18th 2006
St. Mary’s Church, Church Street, Rickmansworth.
Prokofieff: Classical Symphony
Concerto: tbc
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 'Paris'
Rehearsals: 7.30 – 10 pm:
Fridays 3rd, 10th and 17th November – The Cloisters Hall, The Cloisters, Rickmansworth, WD3 1HL
Tuesday 7th (sectionals) and 14th November – St. Mary’s Church, Church Street.

Repertoire day 1: 10.00 – 10.30 am start, Saturday Feb 24th2007.
St. Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Rickmansworth.
Rach: Pagannini Variations
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9

Concert 2. 5.30 pm, Saturday May 5th 2007 (Rehearsal schedule tbc)
St. Mary’s Church, Church Street, Rickmansworth.

A Family Concert: 'Around the World' Programme includes some if not all of the following:
Mozart: Overture Abduction from the Seraglio
Rossini: Overture Italian Girl in Algiers
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain or The Great Gate of Kiev -tbc
Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Offenbach: Suite Orpheus in the Underworld
Sullivan: Overture, Mikado
J. Strauss II: Waltz, The Beautiful Blue Danube
Sibelius: Finlandia
Smetana: Vltava
Bartok: Roumanian Dances

Hope you to see you all soon.
Theresa

Rehearsals for concert on Saturday 8th April 2006

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:31:00 +0000

St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Rickmansworth, Herts - location map

Parking on the road after 6.30pm, or in car parks off Bury Lane and Talbot Street.

Conductor: John Andrews

ROSSINI Barber of Seville Overture *2222 2230 T Perc Str
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf:a musical tale for children, op. 67: 1111 3110 T Perc Str
ROSSINI William Tell Overture *2*222 4230 T Str
STRAUSS Pizzicato polka for string orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony no.5 (1st movement) 222*3 2200 T Str (horns to double up if ok with them)
SIBELIUS Valse Triste
MOZART Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Our rehearsal Schedule is as follows:
(all at St. Mary's Church)

Tuesday 14th March 7.30pm Tutti (if possible for trombone)

Friday 24th March 7.30pm: (sectionals if needed*)( No trombone)

Tuesday 28th March 7.30pm (No trombone)

Tuesday 4th April 7.30pm (sectionals if needed*)

Friday 7th April 7.30pm : Tutti (inc all 4 horns and trombone)

Saturday 8th April - top & tail: 2pm : Tutti

TICKETS
£10 on the door (or £8 in advance), £6 (concessions) and £1 for under 16's, For advance tickets, please contact Andrew Ross.
Tel No: 01923 282321 Email: andrewr@pobox.com

PLEASE bring a music stand to every rehearsal and to the concert.
Concert Dress: Long Black for ladies & DJs for gentlemen + flash of colour for all.

Subscriptions:
This season, subs will be £15.00 per concert and £10 per rehearsal day. (Cheques made payable to "Three Rivers Chamber Orchestra" please)

Meal: As we've got an early concert perhaps we can go for dinner after the concert if you're up for it - maybe Thai this time?

Have a good weekend and see you next Tuesday
Theresa
www.3rco.org

8th April 2006

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:30:00 +0000

4.30 pm Sat 8th April 2006
CHILDRENS CONCERT
St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Rickmansworth
ROSSINI Barber of Seville Overture
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
STRAUSS Pizzicato polka for string orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony no.5 (1st movement)
SIBELIUS Valse Triste
MOZART Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
N.B. Please be prepared as we would to make this an audience participation concert so please allow children can try out instruments of the orchestra in the interval and there is also an opportunity for the children to conduct the orchestra!

Photos

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 21:29:00 +0000

Some dates for your diary!

Concert 1: 7. 30 pm Saturday 24th September 2005
Rehearsals: Tuesdays Sept 6th, 13th, 20th and Friday 23rd (maybe
additional sectionals if needed will be on Friday 9th Sept
Prog tbc

Repetoire Day: Concerto Day: Sat 20th November
10am for 10.30am start
finish at 5.30pm: St. Mary's Church Hall
Volunteers for whole or part concertos to play with the orchestra - am
Sibelius Symphony no. 7 -pm

Repetoire Day 2: Wind + Brass Day : Sat January 21st 2006,
10am for 10.30am start to 5.30pm: St. Mary's Church Hall
Stravinsky/Strauss/Enescu dectets + more

Concert2: 3.30 pm Sat 20th May 2006
CHILDRENS CONCERT
prog tbc

Pictures from rehearsals and relaxing afterwards

Concert 2: 7.30 pm Saturday 14th May 2005, St. Mary's Church

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 21:35:00 +0000

Rehearsal Schedule:

Programme:
Mozart: Don Giovanni : opera, K. 527. Overture (2222 2200 Timps Strings)
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola & orchestra, K. 364, E flat
major (Soloists: Genny Mepham and Miguel Jakymec) (0200 2000 Strings)
Arriaga: Symphony in D minor (2222 2200 Timps Strings)

PLEASE bring a music stand to every rehearsal and to the concert.
Concert Dress: Long Black for ladies, & DJs for gentlemen.

All players should attend rehearsals unless not required by schedule. In
all cases, please discuss known absences with your fixer so deputies can be
arranged.

‘Cellos & Basses: Mary Walton 01494 717573 m.ferguson@cancer.org.uk
Everything else: Theresa Cory 01923 770191 theresa.cory@environment-agency.gov.uk

Publicity & Mailing List:
Volunteers are needed to help distribute handbills and posters. Ideally if 1 person could a "High Street" and library where they live, that would really useful.

Please forward details to me if someone want to be put on our mailing list for forthcoming events.

Subscriptions:
This season, subs will be £12.50 per concert. (Cheques made payable to "Three Rivers Chamber Orchestra" please)

PLEASE bring a music stand to every rehearsal and to the concert.

Concert Dress: Long Black for ladies, & DJs for gentlemen.

All players should attend rehearsals unless not required by schedule. In all
cases, please discuss known absences with your fixer so deputies can be arranged.

P.S. Please join us after rehearsals/concert for a drink at The Feathers Pub & watch out for forthcoming curry/italian night details.

Concert: 7.30 pm Saturday 5th Feb 2005, St. Mary's Church, Rickmansworth

noreply@blogger.com (howard) — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:52:00 +0000

Programme:
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro: opera, K. 492. Overture (2222 2200 Timps. Str)
Wolf (Reger): Italian Serenade (2222 2200 Str)
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto (1011 2000 Str)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (2222 2200 Timps. Str)