This Semester’s Music

Autumn 2023

We have a great opportunity this semester to sing two great works with our local, award-winning symphony orchestra.

Here you can find some details of the rehearsals, and how we prepare for the concert in the Albert Halls on Sunday, 3rd December.

On Sunday 10th December, we are singing in an Advent Carol Service at Holy Trinity Church in Stirling.

Unfortunately, the Passau students have had to postpone their visit to Scotland.
We hope to sing with them another time.

Date	Girolamo Puccini: Messa di Gloria	François Poulenc: Gloria	Carols and other songs
18 September	A mix of songs and introduction to the repertoire *
25 September	Gloria: Quoniam tu solus (p.31) Cum sancto spiritu (p.33) Credo: Credo in unum deum (p.49) Agnus Dei (p.77)	Domine fili unigenite (p. 27)	carols
2 October	Gloria: Gloria, gloria in excelsis (p.8) Quoniam tu solus (p.31) Sanctus & Benedictus (p.73) Credo: Credo in unum deum (p.49) Et vitam (p.69)	Laudamus te (p. 10) Qui sedes ad dexteram patris (p.44)	carols
9 October	Credo: Et incarnatus est (p.55) Et in spiritum sanctum (p.63) Et vitam (p.69)	Gloria (p. 1) Domine Deus (p. 21)	JS Bach: chorale ‘Wachet auf’
16 October	Kyrie Gloria: Et in terra pax (p.11)	Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (p. 34)	carols
23 October (Reading Week)
30 October	The complete work
6 November		The complete work
13 November	What needs addressing	What needs addressing
Thursday, 16 November at Wallace High School	Stephen’s choice	Stephen’s choice
20 November	What needs addressing	What needs addressing
Thursday, 23 November at Wallace High School	Stephen’s choice	Stephen’s choice
27 November	What needs addressing	What needs addressing
Thursday, 30 November at Wallace High School (following carols in the Holy Rude)	Stephen’s choice	Stephen’s choice
3 December	Concert with Stirling Orchestra (Albert Halls)
4 December
5 January	Epiphany Carol Service (Holy Trinity)

* At the first rehearsal, we sang some favourites, including the Choral Medley from ‘The Lion King’ (Elton John)

Specific homework to come

Listen to the music as much as you can in the first few weeks of the semester.
Get to know it so well that you can enjoy the rehearsals and, ultimately, the concert, aware that you’re part of something bigger than just your voice part.

Underlined items are links to scores (in the public domain) that you can download
other choral scores will be provided at rehearsals
You can listen to online recordings
You can use MIDI files to help you learn your part.
Although these sound fairly ghastly, you may find them useful!

Music PDFs: available for all carols
Audio: there are links for some recordings:
click on the word representing your voice part,
e.g. “Soprano”, “Tenor” etc. (“SATB” has all the parts played together)