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HARLESTON CHORAL SOCIETY
MARCH 2024 REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

MONDAY 4TH MARCH

DVORAK MASS IN D
Sop and Altos with Karen
Tenors and Basses with Justin
CREDO – pages 31 – 37 (to Figure D)
2015 – all back together and Run pages 31 to 37
BREAK
SAINT SAENS – REQUIEM
HOSTIAS – pages 46 – 49
ORO SUPLEX – pages 38 – 45 (recap)
REX TREMENDUS – pages 27 – 37 (recap)
CALL ENDS

MONDAY 11TH MARCH
DVORAK MASS IN D
Sop and Altos with Karen
Tenors and Basses with Justin
CREDO – pages 39 – 45
2015 – all back together run pages 39 – 45, then from 31 – 45
BREAK
SAINT SAENS – REQUIEM
SANCTUS – pages 50 – 54
HOSTIAS – pages 46 – 49 (recap)
KYRIE – pages 3 – 13 (run)
CALL ENDS

MONDAY 18TH MARCH
DVORAK MASS IN D
Sop and Altos with Karen
Tenors and Basses with Justin

CREDO – pages 46 – 52 (to letter L)
2015 – all back together run pages 46 – 52, then from 31 – 52
BREAK
SAINT SAENS – REQUIEM
AGNUS DEI – pages 70 – 75
DIES IRAE – pages 14 – 26 (run)
CALL ENDS

MONDAY 25TH MARCH
DVORAK MASS IN D
RUN PAGES 1 – 52
BREAK
SAINT SAENS REQUIEM
RUN WHOLE WORK
CALL ENDS

AGM 9th October 2023

Chairman’s report

It is with great pride and fulfilment we can look back on the year
just gone. In last year’s report I described the Society as
blossoming again after the pandemic. We have really continued
that development to almost rival Kew!
The year started with our Christmas concert under the direction of
Justin, the first concert with us for which he had chosen the
programme. The main work, Ronald Corp’s “A Christmas Mass”
was so enjoyed by the audience (and eventually by the singers!) In
the words of the critic we created Christmas sparkle, a concert to
lift the spirits, helping to forget for a while the troubles of the world.
A new venture with the raffle was tried – hampers, the contents of
which were provided by members. Thanks to two of Neil’s
daughters it made a substantial profit.
Quiz night was held in March – a very well attended evening.
Thank you to John Formston for the frustrating questions, to Fiona
for the raffle and to Julia and her team for the exquisite food.
Our Summer concert at the end of June developed us even
further, the main work being Haydn’s “Stabat Mater” and a
selection ( or as the critic put it – “a bean feast”) of choruses, soli
and duets from Mozart in the second half – a concert of massive
contrasts. We welcomed back Laura Morgan and Aleksi Kaponen
who were joined by David Menezies and Joanna Gamble – four
soloists who didn’t just sing, they performed. Will we ever forget
Aleksi and Laura singing “La ci darem”? We sang in five different
languages- thank you to those members who gave us tuition in
pronunciation and to Caroline for looking after David and Aleksi for
the weekend.
In July, Caroline kindly hosted a garden party. It was quite a windy
afternoon – would be an understatement! Marquees and gazebos
had been erected and taken down in the previous few days, but
again a lovely, friendly afternoon was enjoyed, not many games
were played, two musical quizzes had been prepared by Julia and
Caroline and the food was great.

We held a 2 day workshop in August, learning to read music,
voice production, and studying pieces to perform. It was open to
non-members and lunch was available to purchase. Six members
formed a sub-committee and what an amazing success it was.
Thank you to the never tiring sub-committee Julia, Fiona, Caroline,
Joanna and Amanda and to Justin and Karen for the musical
organisation. There were 52 attendees in all many of whom came
to more than one session. It was a terrific atmosphere, people
chatting over lunch, registration and catering went smoothly and
we made a profit!
All this, as you realise doesn’t just happen without a great deal of
hard work behind the scenes. First of all, thank you to the
Committee as a whole for their support and willingness to help
whenever there is a challenge. Thank you to Amanda for all her
minute taking and organisation. I don’t know how she does it.
Thank you to Joanna and Paul for organising the website and
keeping it up to date. Thank you to John Awty for all his hard work
as Assistant Membership Secretary. He’s the chap behind the
reminders, helping with anything on computers. My grateful thanks
to Julia for all her amazing work as Librarian. You all must have
seen the piles of music she sits behind and always smiles when
she hands you yours. Thank you to them both for lending a
listening ear when I need it. A very big thank you to Malcolm for his
continued management of our money. He has finally succeeded in
changing us over to a non-fee paying bank and getting all our
transactions on line.
Thank you to Heather for all her work with devising the
programmes and posters, to Jenny for dealing with the publicity, to
Jo for all her help behind the scenes especially when anything
needs moving. Thank you to Caroline for being so generous with
her house, garden and time and to John Formston for his sensible
advice.
Thank you to Fiona for all her help with the bonus ball. I think
Malcolm’s report will tell you how much this has raised over the
year.
How do we say thank you to Justin and Karen? Their
encouragement and musical knowledge over the last year has
been phenomenal. Justin is always searching the airwaves for
new, interesting and inspiring music for us and our audiences.

We have welcomed 4 completely new members this year and had
6 returnees.
We have also initiated sub-committees to help with the working of
the society and cut down on the length of the main meetings.
These are Archives, Publicity. Music, Social, Workshop and
Concert Admin. Please consider joining one of them to learn what
goes on and bring your expertise to the fore. We can promise the 3
Fs – fun, friendship but most importantly FOOD.
Finally, I did say last year I was stepping down. Circumstances
have slightly changed within the committee so I am happy to
continue but really must next year. So please have a think
We have great concerts to prepare over the next year when we will
be giving and experiencing the joy of singing.

Stella Brownsea
9 th October 2023

Running Order

CHRISTMAS 2023 CONCERT
9TH DECEMBER
FIRST HALF:
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVIDS CITY – AUDIENCE AND CHOIR
BLOW BLOW THY WINTER WIND – RUTTER
SHEPHERDS FAREWELL – BERLIOZ
GLOW – ERIC WHITACRE
GLORIA – VIVALDI (WITH JO WESTAWAY, BRENDA CROCKFORD AND JOANNA
GAMBLE)
THE FIRST NOEL – AUDIENCE AND CHOIR

SECOND HALF:
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM – AUDIENCE AND CHOIR
CHRISTMAS DAY – HOLST (WITH SOPRANO , ALTO , QUARTET AND CHORUS)
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER – DRAKE (SOP AND TENOR SOLO)
CAROL OF THE BIRDS – GUERNEY – JOANNA GAMBLE (ALTO)
LULLY, LULLA LULLAY – STOPFORD
PIANO SOLO – KAREN SMITH
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? –
I WISH YOU CHRISTMAS – RUTTER – JO WESTAWAY (SOPRANO)
JINGLE BELLS
O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL – AUDIENCE AND CHOIR

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MONDAY 6TH MARCH

STABAT MATER

RUN PAGES 3 – 7

BEGIN WORK ON PAGES 31 – 33, THEN RECAP FROM PAGE 28

RUN 63 – 71

BREAK

IDOMENEO 1 – RUN

ENTFUHRUNG – CONTINUE WORK

CLEMENZA 1 – RUN

MONDAY 13TH MARCH

STABAT MATER

RUN 28 -33

WORK ON PAGES 44 – 47

RUN PAGES 13 – 16

RUN PAGES 63 – 71

BREAK

IDOMENEO 2 – BEGIN WORK PAGES 123 – 127

ENTFUHRUNG – CONTINUE WORK

CLEMENZA 2 – BEGIN

CLEMENZA 1 – RUN

MONDAY 20TH MARCH

STABAT MATER

RUN PAGES 3 – 7

WORK ON PAGES 48 – 50, THEN RECAP PAGES 44 – 50

RUN PAGES 28 – 33

RUN PAGES 63 – 71

BREAK

IDOMENEO 2 – PAGES 132 – 134, RECAP PAGES 123 – 127

CLEMENZA 2 – CONTINUE WORK

ENTFUHRUNG – CONTINUE WORK

MAGIC FLUTE 2 – RUN

MONDAY 27TH MARCH

STABAT MATER

RUN  PAGES 13 – 16

WORK ON PAGES 51 – 53, THEN RECAP FROM PAGE 43

RUN  PAGES 63 – 71

RUN  PAGES 28 -33

BREAK

IDOMENEO 2 – PAGES 123 – 134

CLEMENZA 2 – CONTINUE WORK

CHOIR FINISHED AT 9PM

QUARTET IDOMENEO 1/2 – 9PM TO 930PM

Help with learning the Stabat Mater

1. Stabat Mater – Latin to English translation:

Stabat Mater – Wikipedia

2. Choralia website that breaks down voice parts to aid learning:

J. HAYDN – STABAT MATER (choralia.net)

   We also still have the link to the John Fletcher site to help with voice parts: https://johnfletchermusic.org/stabat-mater-haydnj/

NB The first piece starts with the tenor solo for a few bars before the choir comes in with the basses (bar 29).

3. A couple of performances off youtube :

(160) Joseph Haydn – Stabat Mater – YouTube

(160) J. Haydn Stabat Mater – Livestream René Jacobs, Kammerorchester Basel – YouTube

Ladies- black full or three-quarter length skirts or trousers, black top with at least three-quarter length sleeves and a moderate amount of ‘sparkle’, blingy necklace.

Gentlemen- black tie evening wear.

HCS GDPR Policy

Data Security

We will ensure that:

• there is appropriate security to prevent personal data being accidentally or deliberately compromised;
• there is a named person in HCS who is responsible for ensuring information security;
• the data base will be backed up;
• all emails within HCS will be sent ‘blind’ (bcc), with a copy to the person who is sending the email, unless those emails pertain to a group discussion, eg within the HCS Committee, and with those members’ prior consent;
• emails which are no longer needed will be deleted;
• the password for the designated Committee member will be their own personal password for their computer etc and their mobile phone;
• hard copies of the database will be kept in a safe place in the designated Committee member’s home, but may be brought to choir practices for reference.

Disclosure of personal data

We will always be aware that:

• HCS has a legal duty not to disclose data exceptto HMRC in order to claim Gift Aid;
• HCS has a legal duty to disclose information to investigative authorities if requested to do so.

Keeping personal data

The Act does not set out any specific minimum or minimum periods for retaining personal data.  However, we will:

• review the length of time we keep personal data;
• consider the purpose(s) for which we hold the information in deciding whether, and/or for how long to retain it;
• delete information whichis no longer needed for this purpose or purposes;
• update, archive or delete information if it becomes out of date.

Data protection rights and duties

Our duties under the Act apply throughout the period when personal data is processed.  Therefore we will:

• ensure that we comply with the Act from the moment we obtain the data until the time when the data has been returned, deleted or destroyed;
• ensure that personal data, when we no longer need to keep it, will be disposed of and in a way which does not prejudice the interests of the individuals concerned.

HCS Committee

January 2023

A copy of the GDPR policy can be downloaded here in pdf format

Printable pdf file here

FIRST HALF

AUDIENCE CAROL – O COME O COME EMMANUEL [CB p230]

• SHEPHERDS PIPE CAROL – RUTTER [CB p86]
• ADAM LAY YBOUNDEN – WARLOCK [CB p32]
• COVENTRY CAROL – SHAW [CB p212]
• TORCHES – JOUBERT [sheet music]

• CHRISTMAS MASS – RONALD CORP
• KYRIE   B) GLORIA   C) CREDO  D) SANCTUS   E) AGNUS DEI

AUDIENCE CAROL – HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING [CB p107]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~INTERVAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SECOND HALF

AUDIENCE CAROL – IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR [CB p194]

• O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM [sheet music]
• PERSONENT HODIE – HOLST [CB p266]
• STILLE NACHT [CB p304]
• QUELLE EST CETTE ODEUR AGREABLE? WHENCE IS THAT GOODLY  – WILLIAMS [CB p270]
• IN DULCI JUBILO [sheet music]
• CAROL OF THE BELLS [sheet music]

AUDIENCE CAROL – O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL [CB p226]

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