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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 rehearsed for you to practise at home.
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 Tui Nati Vulnerati, Eia Mater and Virgo Virginum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cl5yuWFtM
Vaughan Williams/Somerwell Linden Lea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDy3QKu6aPs
Virtual Music Club
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
Excerpts from 27th April 2020:
Britten Serenade for Tennor Horn and Strings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mldLAT7GlxE
Chopin "Raindrop" Prelude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmXjrkdQatw
Elgar Dream of Gerontius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHS7MwAjN-E
Excerpts from 20th April 2020:
Sibelius Karelia Suite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adKwG9ZuzFw
Frank Martin Mass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4bdlE-mWvY
Wagner Prelude to Lohengrin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyodILZEQFg
Excerpts from 13th April 2020:
Richard Strauss Alpine Symphony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83aR2T9AQ7E
Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhufzaZB2DM
Pergolesi Stabat Mater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X23QFnl3dbU
Excerpts from 6th April 2020:
Finzi "Intimations of Immortality" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Rz_3QiR4U
Shostakovitch: Concerto for Piano and Trumpet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5tAyEC3igQ&feature=emb_logo
J S Bach: St Matthew Passion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU6QEklM4SA
Excerpts from 30th March 2020:
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn3p12gUFHQ from 1.53.23
Beethoven Fidelio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLRMTD3eY5wI first 3 minutes
Rachmaninov Prelude Op 3 No 2 in C# minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCm9O2KNEX4
Programme for the year
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