Class - 9th May

We were split across two locations this week...with some of us at Kath's house, and the rest at Mike & Angela's. We weren't able to rehearse our large ensemble pieces this evening, but that did mean that we had plenty of time for lots of small group pieces...here's what we played:

At Kath's House:

• Sonata in G Major by Tartini - Alsion, Judy & Margaret
• Trio Sonata in G Minor by Telemann - George, Kath, John & Joan
• Concerto No. 5 by Pepusch - Alison, George, Judy, Kath, John, Margaret & Joan

At Mike & Angela's:

• Sonatas in F Major & G Minor by Finger - Imogen, Helen, Diana, Nicola & Angela
• Prelude & Fugue by J. S. Bach - Heather, Polly & Mike
• 'Slavonic Dances' by Dvorak - Diana, Helen, Nicola & Mike
• Quartet in C Minor by Janitsch - Heather, Imogen, Polly & Angela 

Thank you to our hosts for a lovely evening!

Class - 2nd May

We continued to work on the movements from the 'Soirees Musicales'   (Britten/Rossini) and the Brandenburg Concerto (J. S. Bach), and we're starting to make progress...although I think we're going to need to pick up quite a lot of speed in the latter if we're going to stop Heather from passing out in the concert! We also had a 'Special General Meeting' this evening as we needed to elect a couple more committe members in order to be 'constitutional' once more! (The minutes have been added to the committee page).

Small group items:

• Sonata in D Major by Tartini - Alison, Judy & Margaret
• Quintet in E Flat Major by J. C. Bach - Heather, Annabel, Kath, Polly, Mike & Angela
• 'Funeral March of a Marionette' by Gounod - George, Imogen, Maureen, Helen, Theresa, Nicola, Anya, John, Rod, Diana & Joan

Class - 20th January

It was lovely to see (nearly) everyone again after the Christmas break, and we got straight back into the swing of things with one of the new arrangements for this term - 'Wedding Day at Troldhaugen' by Grieg. It's great to be able to position ourselves in our old familiar set-up for rehearsals...and with the lovely new keyboard (thank you George & Joan!), we have a more balanced sound.

Small group items:

• Scarlatti 'Sonata in F Major' - George, Kath, Diana, Margaret & Joan
• Albinoni 'Adagio' - Judy, Theresa, Dermot & Imogen
• Dusek 'Partita' & Tartini 'Two Sonatas' - Annabel, Polly & Mike
• Busoni 'Duo' & Doppler 'Fantaisie sur des motifs Hongrois' - Heather, Helen & Angela