singing on the 20th december - and again!

Please could you all (by return email if at all possible) let us know if you are able to sing or not on the 20th December - rehearsal 11.10am, sing on the concourse stage 11.40-12.00.
Thank you

Singing on the 20th December - again

Further to the email this morning, on Saturday 20th December please meet in room C9 at 11.10 for a warm up.  We will be singing on the concourse between 11.40 and 12.00.

Thank you

Singing on 20th December

Our slot for singing as part of the Sage's 10th birthday celebrations has been confirmed as 11.40-12.00.

There will probably be a warm up beforehand so please assume you need to be at the Sage from about 11.00 and we will confirm exact times when we know them.

One change of arrangements for Monday 8th

Please arrive through normal front of house doors at the Sage on Monday - DO NOT come in via back stage as stated previously.

(And please come in concert dress if at all possible as changing facilities are limited)

Concert on 8th December - Hall 1

Please come into the building at the Stage Door and go to Northern Rock Foundation Hall for 6.45pm where we can leave our coats and bags etc.

Then please be on Hall 1 stage at 7.00pm for a rehearsal with the other choirs.

Dress: Black with a splash, music in black folders.

Concert starts at 8.00pm.  Tickets at the Box Office

Tell your friends and family!

Concert dates for your diary if they are not in already

Monday 8th December 2014

Sage Gateshead, Hall 1
A joint concert with other Sage Gateshead Choirs
Times to be confirmed
 
Saturday 20th December 2014
Singing as part of the 10th Birthday celebrations at the Sage
Times to be confirmed
 
Saturday 28th March 2015
St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle

Saturday 4th July 2015
St Oswin's Church, Wylam

Service of 9 Lessons & Carols at St Mary's, Longframlington - Wednesday 17th December

Hi All

Service of 9 Lessons & Carols at St Mary's, Longframlington - Wednesday 17th December @ 7:30pm

Please send me an email (steven.buckley@talk21.com) if you are able to once again supplement my little choir with your fantastic singing! 

 It'll be the same deal as previous years - 4 straightforward choir pieces, the rest are standard carols (with descants if we have enough sops), then down the road to the Angler's Arms for a post service drink!

 I'll send the music out soon.

As you're all so competent, only one rehearsal required and a warm-up on the night.  No big deal if you can't make the rehearsal, so long as you can take a look at the music before the service and make the warm-up. Dates and times as follows: 

 Rehearsal - Friday 12th December @ 7:30pm

Rehearsal and Service - Wednesday 17th December meet @ 6:00pm at the church for last rehearsal before service @ 7:30pm

 Many Thanks!

 Steve

07789958782

01665 670302

Saturday Concert - Ubi Caritas

Please include Ubi Caritas in the music that you bring on Saturday

Concert on Saturday

Programme for the concert will be:

Dostoino est (Tchaikovsky)

Ave maris stella (Grieg)

Geistliches Lied (Brahms), accomp

Justorum animae (Stanford)

Insanae et vanae curae (Haydn), accomp

A New Song (MacMillan), accomp

Ave Maria (Lukaszewski)

Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (Mendelssohn)

Cantique de Jean Racine (Faure), accomp

Bogoroditse Dyevo (Part)

Lobet den Herrn  BWV 230 (Bach), accomp

There will be rest (Ticheli)

Please arrive at 4.45pm latest, ready to rehearse 5.00-6.15pm.  There will then be a break before the concert at 7.00pm.

Please wear all black with a small splash of colour on your top half e.g.tie, broach, necklace, small scarf etc

Please bring your music in a black folder (ideally a Sage Gateshead one), sorted into programme order

The address of the church is: Hillhead Parkway, Chapel House, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1DR - see maps and image below.

Tonight

Dear All,

Leo the youngest has some sort of terrible hacking / leaking bottom thing so we've been up all night. Working today means that I would be simply no use tonight so Enid is kindly leading. If you're singing on Saturday, please can you prioritise tonight? Enid will be getting everything shipshape.

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday,

 Ed

From Ed - music for concert on 29th Nov

Hi All,

Great to hear about your intensive Bach night! I can’t wait to hear the progress!

 Here is the music for our Chapel House concert on the 29th Nov  (in some order):

A New Song (MacMillan)

Ave Maria (Biebl)

Ave Maria (Lukaszewski)

Ave maris stella (Grieg)

Bogoroditse Dyevo (Part)

Cantique de Jean Racine (Faure)

Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (Mendelssohn)

Dostoino est (Tchaikovsky)

Geistliches Lied (Brahms)

Hosanna to the Son of David (Gibbons)

Insanae et vanae curae (Haydn)

Justorum animae (Stanford)

Lobet den Herrn  BWV 230 (Bach)

Rytmus (Hrosovsky)

Sing Joyfully (Byrd)

Song for Athene (Tavener)

There will be rest (Ticheli)

 
Looking forward to seeing you on Monday.
 
Ed

Music for Monday's rehearsal

·         Lobet den Herrn  BWV 230 (Bach)

·         Flame (Parry)

·         Jubilate Deo (Gabrieli)

·         Dixit Dominus (Vittoria)

FREE tickets to ECHO: Body of Song tomorrow for Chamber Choir

Hello, our World War One Centenary concerts continue at 4pm on Sunday 9^th November with a very special commission, ECHO: Body of Song and comps are available for staff and their family and friends.

Body of Song is a truly fitting reflection of war, with a fascinating story, a world of musical diversity, a snapshot of the diverse musical aesthetic and a shared European reflection on peace and conflict past, present and future.

Presented by renowned baritone, Sir Thomas Allen, ECHO: Body of Song, marks the outbreak of WW1 with new choral works that explore the theme of peace and conflict through the human voice.  Performed by the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia, Custom Voices, Voices of Hope and Sage Gateshead’s own youth choir Quay Voices.

In the words of Sir Thomas Allen: “Whether we remain aware of it or not, to a greater or lesser degree, the importance of the year 2014 is very significant in our lives.  This most awful of wars, the war to end all wars, is especially significant as it gave rise to some of the most touching and moving poetry in our language, and some of the most deeply poignant songs.”

“Its resonances continue, the story goes on, and out of the darkness comes beauty and inspirational writing of music prose and verse.   After all the horrors, in just the same way as the most vivid and beautiful of red flowers appeared in thousands on what had been a place of utmost ugliness, words and music do indeed have the power of healing.”

One of the works, ‘Papillon’ composed by Catherine Kontz and performed by the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia is based on a collection of letters which were found in a cellar.  The letters are between members of one family (5 sons, 1 daughter and their parents) and were written during WW1.  Four of the sons fought in the war and some of their letters were written from the trenches.  It is a very personal insight into war, with all the worries of parents who haven’t heard from their sons and then hearing first-hand how dreadful the conditions really were.

Many colleagues are performing so it will also be a great opportunity to support them so tell your friends and family and come along on Sunday afternoon at 4pm.

Contact Ticket Office to get your tickets now (unlimited but on a first come, first served basis).

Music for Sunday 9th November

If you can sing on Sunday, our slot is 2.00-2.30pm but please be at the MEC reception outside C9 ready to warm up at 1.30pm.  Black with a splash, but as explained last night, no poppies. Thank you.

 

Music is:

 

If Ye Love Me (Tallis)

Dostoino Est (Tchaik)

Ubi Caritas (Gigolo)

Bog (Part)

There will be rest (Ticheli)

Reminder of how to get information about Chamber Choir

Just a reminder that the emails you receive from Chamber Choir are generated by our blog. 

So if you ever need to look back at information that has been emailed out to you, or check information such as concert dates, it will all be on the blog – Ctrl+click on this address to get to it: www.tsgcc.blogspot.co.uk.

If you scroll to the bottom of the blog page you can click on each month to see all the information that was put on the blog and emailed to you during that month.

If you can't find what you are after you can always email the chamber choir champions using: tsgcchoir@gmail.com

CHANGE OF TIME for Sunday 9th November Body of Song event

There has been a change of plan and we are now timetables to sing 2.00pm-2.30pm on Sunday 9th November as part of the Body of Song event at Sage Gateshead.  There will be a warm up beforehand - time and place to be confirmed.

Please could you reply to this email to confirm that you will be singing or if you are unable to attend.  Thank you.

Body of Song event at Sage Gateshead on Sunday 9th November

As you know we are singing on the concourse of The Sage as part of this event on 9th November.

I can confirm that we have been given the first slot after the 2 minutes silence so are scheduled to sing between 11.02 and 11.30am.

I can imagine we will meet about 10.20am,  ready to start warming up at 10.30am and then get into position before 11.00am, but will confirm exact times and where to meet nearer the time.

Also, as a perk of taking part:
  you can take advantage of a special 2-4-1 ticket offer on tickets for the Body of Song Concert in Hall 1 which follows your performances, at 4pm.  Tickets are only £5 anyway, so you can see the concert for just £2.50 each with this offer!  The concert features 5 choirs - Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia, Quay Voices, Human Music, Custom Voices and Voices of Hope, alongside a chamber ensemble from Royal Northern Sinfonia, and compere Sir Thomas Allen.

Poster for our next concert - please distribute far and wide

music for tonight's rehaersal

Lobet den Herrn  BWV 230 (Bach)

Alma Redemptoris Mater (Dubra)

Dixit Dominus (Vittoria)

Flame (Parry)

Your Choir Number

 

A reminder of your number for putting on choir music - Beth is printing out a few stickers for each number should you need them
 

Shirley Forster 3

Louise Foster 4 3

Julie Gill 5

Felicity Hepburn 6

Jennifer Lansberry 30

Janet Longbottom 7

Jean Matthews 8

Nicole Reimann 10

Clare Schofield 15

Sheila Spencer 16

Rosie Tate 11 `

Louise Thomas 9

Jean Thompson 12

Claire Tilley 43 3

Jean Townson 13

Jane Abel 44 6

Anne-Marie Ashman 17

Enid Mitchell 20

Lesley Oakden 21

Joan Oliver 22

Vicky Scurfield 24

Beth Tilling 25

Britta Vormoor 26

Nicky Watson 27

Mary Whitby 28

Jean Williams 29

Steve Buckley 37 3

Douglas Halliday 35

Andy Hawking 47

Nick Lansberry 33

Adam Nichols 31

Simon Priestley 32

Don Wright 34

Jonathan Adams 36

Richard Bruce 42

David Hewitt 38

Howard Johnson 39

Ken Matthews 46

Roland Tate 40

Nos 14, 18,19, 23, 41,45, free

 

Useful website - from Julie

I thought Chamber Choir might find this website useful. It was recommended by The Sixteen for practising ahead of their forthcoming workshop. There's a great Facebook Group too. Loads of useful stuff. 

 

http://johnfletchermusic.me.uk 

Julie

Sage Gateshead 10th Birthday Celebrations - 20th December - an invitation for SGCC to sing

As part of the Sage Gateshead 10^th birthday celebrations, the adult and silver programmes have been given the 20^th December '14 as a slot for putting on music.  

We are one of the groups/choirs who have been invited to sing on the concourse that day. At the moment we don't have details of times etc but it would be great if we could find out who would be able to sing.

So please could you reply to this message and let us know if you can make it on the 20th December.  Thank you

SGCC Champs

 

Music for Monday's rehearsal

Requiem (Durufle)

Faire is the Heaven (Harris)

Flame (Parry)

Jubilate Deo (Gabrieli)

and we are in C19.

Return of music from the Lansberry's wedding

Please  return the Ubi Caritas to Beth as they will stay within the choir's library.

Please return the Goodall's to Enid as most of the copies were borrowed from All Saints.

Thank you

CORRECT dates for this term's concerts (apologies for the previous error)

Sunday 9th November  - time to be confirmed (will be between 11am and 3pm). Singing on Sage Gateshead concourse as part of the Commemoration Choir Performances (Reflections on Peace)http://www.sagegateshead.com/event/commemoration-choir-performances-reflections-on-pe/

Saturday 29th November - 7pm Church of the Holy Nativity, Chapel House  

Monday 8th December - time tbc - Winter Choral Celebration, Hall 1 Sage Gateshead

Rehearsal Room

Please check the room list at the top of the stairs on the concourse to see which room we will be rehearsing in each week.
Thank you

Music for Monday and a reminder about dates for concerts this term

Dixit Dominus (Vittoria)

Faire is the Heaven (Harris)

Flame (Parry)

Jubilate Deo (Gabrieli)

Sunday 9th November  - time to be confirmed (will be between 11am and 3pm). Singing on Sage Gateshead concourse as part of the Commemoration Choir Performances (Reflections on Peace)http://www.sagegateshead.com/event/commemoration-choir-performances-reflections-on-pe/

Saturday 29th November - 7pm Church of the Holy Nativity, Chapel House  

Monday 1st December - time tbc - Winter Choral Celebration, Hall 1 Sage Gateshead

Music for this term and what to hand back in to Beth

Existing

A New Song (MacMillan)

Ave Maria (Biebl)

Ave Maria (Lukaszewski)

Ave maris stella (Grieg)

Ave Verum (Byrd)

Bogoroditse Dyevo (Part)

Cantique de Jean Racine (Faure)

Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (Mendelssohn)

Dostoino est (Tchaikovsky)

Geistliches Lied (Brahms)

Hosanna to the Son of David (Gibbons)

Insanae et vanae curae (Haydn)

Justorum animae (Stanford)

Libera nos, salva nos (Sheppard)

Lobet den Herrn  BWV 230 (Bach)

O Nata Lux (Tallis)

Requiem (Durufle)

Rytmus (Hrosovsky)

Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars (Dove)

Sing Joyfully (Byrd)

Song for Athene (Tavener)

There will be rest (Ticheli)

New

Alma Redemptoris Mater (Dubra)

Dixit Dominus (Vittoria)

Faire is the Heaven (Harris)

Flame (Parry)

Jubilate Deo (Gabrieli)

Sancta Maria, succurre miseris (Alacaraz)

Song of Cherubim (1986, Penderecki)

Music to hand in

All Creatures Now (Bennet)

As Torrents in Summer (Elgar)

Beatus Vir (Monteverdi)

Cantate Domino (Monteverdi)

Coelis Ascendit Hodie (Stanford)

Daemon (Orban)

Esti Dal (Kodaly)

Evening Hymn (Purcell)

Il est bel et bon (Passereau)

Nunc Dimittis (Holst)

O Magnum Mysterium (Lauridsen)

Sleep (Whitacre)

Sound the Trumpet (Purcell)

The Shower (Elgar)

Turot Eszik (Kodaly)

You and Me (Chilcott)

A message from Ruth that Ed would like to share with you

Dear Ed,

I've really enjoyed singing with Chamber Choir for the past few years, especially the Cambridge trip last summer.  And also your 'leadership' and the way you take our rehearsals.

I've decided to have a break from it for a while.. we're in a new phase as our youngest leaves home this autumn. 

My husband has done 'Step into singing' for a year and is now confident to join a choir himself, so we've joined Andrew Scott's 'Flotsam' which we can do together. So rather a different repertoire!

 So - Thank you.  We'll try to get along to the Christmas concert and say hello to everyone then.

best wishes for the year.

Ruth Grant (alto)

From Steve about this Saturday (27th) at Brinkburn

I've been asked to get a small choir together to support the singing at a Christening at Brinkburn.  The format on the day is straightforward enough - I'll play some music while guests arrive and your job is simply to lead the singing of the hymns (which are listed below).  All the tunes are well known and I'm happy for people to sing either unison or harmony - whichever you prefer.  I'll bring some hymn books down from church, but please also bring your own if you have them (Hymns Old & New).

As you're singing in the choir, you can get into Brinkburn for free and the family have offered to make a donation to the church, which I can use for buying some choir music.  

We can do a run through on the day before the service - I suggest we are down there and ready to sing for 10:45.  The service starts at 11:30.  

Dress wise, I suggest we just wear whatever you would normally wear for a Christening - no need to colour coordinate.  We are invited to stay for drinks afterwards too!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.  

Drop me an email (steven.buckley@talk21.com) if you think you can make it. 

Hymns are:

Morning has broken

Be still, for the presence of the lord

Lord of all hopefulness

Amazing Grace

Thanks

Steve

steven.buckley@talk21.com

Rehearsal photos from our summer concert at All Saints Gosforth - thanks to our cellist's father.

A lovely photo from Nick and Jen

Term dates for 2014-15

Autumn Term

Monday 22nd September – Sunday 7th December, 2014

(half term: Monday 27th October – Sunday 2nd November)

 

Spring Term

Monday 12th January – Sunday 29th March , 2014

(half term: Monday  16th February – Sunday  22nd February)

 

Summer Term

Monday 20th April – Monday  6th July, 2014 (Monday classes will end 6th July due to no session on  4th May bank holiday)

(half term: Tuesday  25th  May – Sunday 31st May)

Chamber Choir Dates

Our first Monday rehearsal for this term is 22nd September and a reminder that our winter concert is on 29th November 2014 at Holy Nativity, Chapel Park.

music for the wedding on 6th September

The Sage Gateshead Chamber Choir Lansberry Wedding, September 2014

Composer

Piece

Forces

Score on CPDL?

You Tube

 

Bruckner	Locus iste		Y
Finzi	My Spirit sang all day		N
Gjeolo	Ubi caritas		N
Goodall	The Lord is My Shepherd	SATB	N
Grieg	Ave maris stella	SATB	Y	http://tinyurl.com/yf5vkf5
Stanford	Beati quorum via	SATB	Y
Tallis	If Ye Love Me	SATB	Y
Vivaldi	Gloria, 1st mvt	SATB	Y
Hymns	Dear Lord and Father of Mankind	SATB	N
	Guide me a Thou Great Redeemer	SATB	N
	I Vow to Thee My Country	SATB	N
	Love Divine all Love Excelling  ( Blaenwern Tune)	SATB	N