Howells - Coll Reg Communion Service - Agnus Dei

Paviour Nunc 

Stainer - I Saw the Lord - learning pages 13 to the end. Choir 2 (now singing choir 1 part) will assume the Verse  and Choir 1 will sing the Chorus part which begins at the op of page 13, last bar. 

Briggs Responses - Our Father - pages 4 and 5

See you all tomorrow - S 

Psalms 148/9/50

Gibbons - Almighty and everlasting God 

Stainer - I Saw the Lord - Pages 1 to 9. I would like Choir 2 to assume Choir 1part  and Choir 1 to assume Choir 2 part for this piece. 

Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine - Copies handed out tomorrow evening 

Frank - Panis Angelicus - Copies handed out tomorrow evening. 

If there is time ....a firs look at Paviour Canticles (Nunc) 

See you tomorrow! 

S 

Responses - Tomkins 

Psalms 148/9/50 (copies to be handed out) 

Sumsion in G 

Gibbons - Almighty & Everlasting God (copies to be handed out) 

Paviour - Mag/Nunc 

Stainer - I Saw the Lord 

See you all tomorrow! 

S 

Ian King - The infant King 

Ian Venables - Lullaby 

Lucas - Coventry Carol 

Hunt - I wonder as I wander/Joys of Christmas 

Shellard - Apple Tree

Elgar - Christmas Greeting (Sops/Altos) 

See you all on Thursday! 

S 

King - Away in a manger 

Venables- Christmas Lullaby/While Shepherds watched 

Shellard - Apple Tree

Lucas - Coventry Carol

Hunt - The joys of Christmas /Away in a manger (if theres time)

Solo quartet people for Joys of Christmas 

See you on Thursday! 

S 

Donald Hunt - The Joys of Christmas (page 71)  - opening bars 1 -8 Eileen & full atb on Ah..then full from 'Sing we merrily'  Verse 2 Full. Verse 3 (Hope is come...bars 13 - 20) Eileen, Liz, Rob, Tim..then full from 'Sing we merrily'  Verse 4 (Of this wondrous..) Full throughout.

Hunt - Away in a manger - (page 1) As it comes and Bars 52 - 60 (to..'head') Sarah Kings solo. Then full sops on tune and atb humming tone to the end.

Lucas - Coventry Carol

Venables - Lullaby

Parry - Never weather beaten sail.

Briggs - responses (first part)

Shellard - Apple Tree - full then just the solo people for the final 20 mins of rehearsal - Anne/Lynne/Sarah/Jonathan/Bill

Due to adverse weather recently we missed out on an entire rehearsal. I hope it will be ok with folks if we extend Thursday rehearsals by a few mins each week, if we need to. Many thanks for your understanding.

Also, I have realised that having one break during the 3 recording sessions in February will not be enough. Therefore, I will timetable two short breaks into each night. My apologies for this oversight. I will be publishing the order of events for each night very soon.  

See you on Thursday! 

S

I hope you have had a peaceful and joyous Christmas! We are keeping the Yuletide theme going for a few months more as we prepare for our next recording at the end of February..so let's keep the seasonal buzz alive for a little while longer! As we are in the countdown to the recordings, I appeal to you to get to as many rehearsals as possible.

I am also be introducing music that we are doing for the rest of this academic year, the beginnings of which appear below....

David Briggs - Festival Responses (written for the choir in 2013)

Parry - Never Weather beaten sail (No 3 of Songs of Farewell) 

....both of these are for evensong on Saturday, March 21st.

Carols for the CD - 

Ian Venables - A Christmas Lullaby (Sop solo, bars 1 - 7 Anne Renshaw)

Ian King - The Infant King 

Lucas - Coventry Carol 

Shellard - The Apple Tree 

Sopranos/altos - Elgar A Christmas Greeting 

On a separate issue: The Elgar Festival Chorus.

This year the chorus is learning the early Elgar cantata 'The Black Knight'. We are doing well for sops and altos but more applications would be VERY welcome to swell the ranks! However, and as ever, we have not had a huge response from tenors and basses and I would like to appeal to our own tenor/bass sections to consider joining us for this season.

The Black Knight is early Elgar which shows repeated hints of the big choral works that were to follow. It is a mini symphony for orchestra and chorus (no soloists) with plenty of challenges! The first rehearsal is on Saturday, January 17th in the Methodist church in Pump street from 10am to 1pm. The full list of rehearsals are on the Elgar festival website.

Many thanks and see you on Thursday. 

Stephen 

Mendelssohn - Eucharist Music 

Elgar - O Salutaris Hostia 

Ireland in F - Mag & Nunc 

Gardiner - Evening Hymn 

Psalms - 80 (verses 1 to 7) - 113 & 126

Recording Carols -

Venables - Christmas Lullaby 

Shellard - Apple Tree 

Lucas - Coventry Carol 

Elgar - A Christmas Greeting (sops only)

See you all on Wednesday for Worcester News rehearsal at 5.30pm (please make your way into the Cathedral nave, under the tower) and Thursday for our final rehearsal of 2025! 

S 

Once in royal (unaccompanied verses 2 & 3)

Ord - Adam lay ybounden (revise)

Hunt - I Wonder as I wander 

God rest ye merry - (verse 4 & final verse - CFC 1 page 29)

King - Away in a manger 

Willcocks - Lullay my liking 

See amid the winter snow (copies available on Thursday night - this won't need to be rehearsed)

Venables - While Shepherds Watched 

Ireland in F Magnificat 

Mendelssohn - Eucharist music 

Psalms for Sunday 21st - these are all very short. if you didn't pick up a copy of them last week they will be available on Thursday. We will just familiarise ourselves with the chants. 

...if there is time to delve into other recording music we will do so...

See you on Thursday! 

S