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Normal rehearsals have been suspended for the time being (March 2021) but throughout lockdown we have been holding virtual rehearsals and a social music club time for members every Monday evening via zoom software.
Please contact: enquiries@dorchesterchoral society.org for more information about our plans.
Below are the pieces that we are rehearsing at the moment.
Bliss Pastoral
Faure Requiem
Faure Cantique de Jean Racine
This term we have asked volunteers to talk about their "musical discoveries":
29th March
Schubert - String quintet, slow movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc3iX7x73JY (from 20.30)
Fado - Coimbra Serenata Monumental Queima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3WGttZdksg
22nd March
Handel - Rodelinda “Dove sei, amato bene?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8xjFUViTzo
Leopold Mozart - Sinfonia Pastorella in F, for Alphorn und Strings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EcRg7KPiLM
Wolfgang A Mozart - Horn Concerto No 4, Rondo (on natural horn): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgwE22lg9cA
Flanders and Swann (after Mozart) - ‘Ill Wind’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkYrj2DQlVc
15th March
Martin Hayes - The Lonesome Touch (Paddy Fahy’s Reel, and The Cat in the Corner/John Naughton’s Jig): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l6zS39HYwuS5cVXAqPVm3eH7pPyiJ6DxY
If people want to see Martin Hayes teaching Paddy Fahy’s Reel, it is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8hO8tc86kI . Paddy Fahy himself can be seen - playing different tunes - here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-i6h35CAH0
Schubert - Fantasia in F minor for piano duet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKcR_6eT8Xw
8th March
Howells - Missa Sabrinensis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peXnHBkl0_g
Alice Mary Smith - Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW_jZCLY_8o&ab_channel=KuhlauDilfeng4
1st March
York Bowen - Violin Sonata in E minor, Ist movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JakLnqEra7o&list=OLAK5uy_nZEJKTRNZADkeL-ntUyR-HtstVPjhURTU
Henry Desmarest - De Profundis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ3-8Pkt79o
22nd February
Tereterian - Symphony No. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwOE_H4W39w&feature=youtu.be (from 17.00 to the end - but the whole piece comes highly recommended)
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in A major BWV 1055: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXMH56hJBVI
15th February
Strauss - Salome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlbleLrdYTc (from 6.45 - end)
Bliss - Colour Symphony (Red): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD0eCuGDXfY (from 6.25 - 13.30)
8th February
Fanny Mendelssohn - Overture in C major: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX1-wNcrzsk (0.37 - 10.25)
Gerald Finzi - For St Cecilia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eCpHXsBf0s (9.57 - 17.40)
Desert Island Discs Autumn Term 2020
Archive of music club items in May, June and July 2020
Archive of music club items in March and April 2020
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