Welcome to the Members' Open Area
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Dates for 2024-2025 Season
Autumn Term 2024:
Tue 3rd Sep - First rehearsal of the term (7-9pm) in Egglescliffe Main Hall
Tue 10th, 17th Sep - Rehearsal in Drama Room - Hall not available.
Tue 24th Sep - Rehearsal in Hall, as normal
Tues 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd Oct - Rehearsals
Tue 29th Oct - Half Term, no rehearsal
Sat 2nd Nov - Rehearsal in Stockton Baptist Church with MD applicants. Time to be confirmed.
Tue 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th Nov - Rehearsals
Sat 16th Nov - Autumn Concert at Teesside High School - 4pm
Tue 3rd Dec - Rehearsal
Tue 10th Dec - Last rehearsal of term
Sat 14th Dec - Family Christmas Carol Concert at Stockton Baptist Church - 4pm
Spring Term 2025:
Tue 7th Jan - First rehearsal of the term
Tue 25th Feb - Half Term, no rehearsal
Tue 8th Apr - Last rehearsal of term
Sat 12th Apr - Gala Concert at Middlesbrough Town Hall - 7pm
Summer Term 2025:
Tue 29th April - First rehearsal of the term
Tue 20th May - Last rehearsal of term
Sun 1st Jun - Joint Concert at Princess Alexandra Auditorium
Help for Current Concert Pieces
Rehearsal aids will be added here as I become aware of them. Please tell me if you know of useful versions, either as rehearsal files or as YouTube performances, etc.
Thanks, Steve Weighell
email me at:
webmaster@clevelandphilharmonicchoir.com
For Dec 14th 2024 Concert:
Here is the final (UPDATED 10th DEC) version of the choir playlist for you to print off - Playlist
Important Notice - John Fletcher Rehearsal Files
For this concert I suspect we need to go into emergency mode - there is very little time left and we are all going to have to work hard at home on the pieces. Rehearsal files for most of the pieces can only be found on the excellent John Fletcher site. You can access some of the pre-20thC pieces for free by simply registering with that site. But many of the later pieces (including Rutter, Vaughan Williams, etc) require a subscription. This is £11/year for an individual, or £16.50 for a group membership for 2 people. I suggest you all make that investment in yourselves to give you access to pretty much everyting we are likely to do in the future.
Rehearsal files on John Fletcher for the fhe following pieces are only available with the premium (subscription) membership:
- Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
- O Come all ye Faithful
- Gabriels Message
- Donkey Carol
- A Child is Born - NOT NOW INCLUDED
- Away in a Manger
- Fantasia on Christmas Carols
- O Little town of Bethlehem
- Shepherd's Pipe Carol
- The Angels and the Shepherds - NEW ADDITION
- A Babe is born
- Hark the Herald Angels (incl descant)
- I saw three ships
Choralia also has some of these carols:
...and the inestimable Bingham & District Choral Society produced this wonderful rehearsal video during covid lockdown:
John Forsyth recommended also that we listen, and join in with, YouTube performances. If anyone has suggestions please let me know and I will put them here. Thanks, Steve at webmaster@clevelandphilharmonicchoir.com
For April 12th 2025 Concert
Mozart: Requiem
- CyberBass rehearsal files are here
- Choralia rehearsal files are here
And here is a wonderful performance on YouTube - the video quality is terrible, but I doubt you will ever hear a better performance of this work
