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Below are documents and links to documents that you might find useful. Click on any of the blue text and a document or link will open up for you to see.
Normal rehearsals have been suspended for the time being (end of March 2020) but the choir is holding virtual rehearsals, a music club and "pub" time for its members every Monday evening via zoom software. Please contact: enquiries@dorchesterchoral society.org for more information.
Virtual Rehearsals
Below are the pieces that we are rehearsing at the moment. These links may help you to practise at home.
Chilcott Rosa Mystica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZ3KpDqycU&list=OLAK5uy_l_0Dxcue-FxQpnuVbD8vC_PTw8bB1zGhQ&index=6&t=0s
Handel Zadok the Priest (7 part version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kucFS9Gafk
Bach Matthew Passion No 44 Chorale Wer hat dich so geschlagen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7M8VE5ASs
Bach Christmas Oratorio No 23 Chorale Wir singen dir in deinem Heer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9gTdN085D4
Byrd Ave Verum Corpus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4rWsH1hkQ8
MacMillan Benedicimus Deum Caeli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRCTmW9F4eI
MacMillan O Radiant Dawn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8D4aK9ihqI
Dvorak Stabat Mater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cl5yuWFtM
Vaughan Williams/Somerwell Linden Lea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDy3QKu6aPs
Virtual Music Club
Excerpts from 22nd June 2020
Sheppard - Missa Cantate (Agnus Dei).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXyydMy7Iq4&list=PL2k8ekJXk4nVQrefGJ4w6DCt_pAyZgFXD&index=5&t=0s
Haydn - Missa rorate coeli desuper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJfbhJ2m0Kc
Excerpts from 15th June 2020
Wyschnegradsky - Twenty-four Preludes in Quarter-tones No. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9WPfkXQa_Y
Wagner - Im Treibhaus (K Flagstad): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4yedg-KTb4&list=RDp4yedg-KTb4&start_radio=1&t=24
Wagner - Im Treibhaus (J Kaufman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzi9oEdVPCQ
Lotti - Missa in tre cori (Kyrie II, Et in terra pax, Cum sancta spiritu): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nFk10LNyDEzQDOzmT_55igmI1VRTgdOI0
Excerpts from 8th June 2020
Tallis Archbishop Parker's Psalter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AuHYNj8qQ
A later hymn setting of Tallis's theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AuHYNj8qQ
A contemporary setting for the cello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8oKEx1-J1w
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihx5LCF1yJY
Excerpts from 1st June 2020
Mozart Laudate Dominum from Solemn Vespers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLhtJvl_5sA
Verdi Otello (opening scene) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIVFSW25h1o
Weber - ‘Und ob die Wolke’ (Der Freischütz Act III): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLWANGG2xvw
Strauss - ‘Beim Schlafengehen' (Four last songs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-oeX_a64k
Excerpts from 25 May 2020
Tchaikovsky Queen of Spades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8zKkvGB7Rw
Finzi Five Bagatelles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJzW5FuQm48
Mozart Marriage of Figaro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IugFH6PxeMQ
Excerpts from 18 May 2020
Mahler Symphony No 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxf3xtH31jA
Handel Belshazzar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZm3nT3tE2Q
Walton Belshazzar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjtL8kDU2EI
Wagner Götterdämmerung (Immolation Scene) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JgMt8GWdyU (starting at 13.50)
Excerpts from 11May 2020
Chilcott Remember Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pNhDFeM7kA
Dvorak String Quartet No 12 (American) http://: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrqgMrwG4i0&feature=emb_logo
Don Shirley Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVWSxob8tYY&feature=emb_logo
Hammond (arr Knight) I'm a train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2IldSOSYyk
Tippett A Child of our Time: Spirituals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_H_S8BMOW4
Excerpts from 4 May 2020
Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqCtbR8PktU
Stravinsky Rake's Progress (No word from Tom) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TxhQacHMDA
Scriabin Prometheus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3B7uQ5K0IU
Gjeilo Northern Lights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQnj-YBboLA
Archived Music Club Items from March and April 2020
Programme for the year
Attendance and Insurance
