CHORAL WORKSHOPS 2013

PERFECT PLAYLIST

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ANOTHER YEAR OF SUBLIME CHORAL MUSIC

Welcome to our 2013 Choral Workshops. Our Perfect Playlist will give choral singers the chance to sing glorious music in smaller groups with expert direction and vocal coaching by Scott Inglis-Kidger and Ghislaine Morgan. Over the year we will explore some of the most sublime works composed by the masters of their eras from the Renaissance to the present day.

We continue the series on 9th March with Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem; a wonderful opportunity to sing Brahms' alternative arrangement - for choir and 4 hands at the piano - of the beautiful Requiem, written following the death of his mother in 1865. We will be singing the piece in its original German.

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BRITTEN A CEREMONY OF CAROLS

Back by popular demand, this is one the most iconic upper voice choral works of the twentieth century. We will be singing it with a professional harpist in a glorious setting by the Thames.

Saturday, 7th December 2013 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am)
Cost: £40 (includes break time refreshments)
St Mary's Church, Battersea

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PALESTRINA MISSA AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA

Palestrina Missa Christi Munera

A rare opportunity to sing the five parts of this gorgeous Mass setting by Palestrina, who is revered for proving to the Council of Trent that choral music still had a place in the church.

Music will be sent to you in PDF format - as well as being available on the day in our printed booklets.

Saturday, 23rd November 2013 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am)
Cost: £40 (includes music and break time refreshments)
St Mary's Church, Battersea

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VOCES ANGELORUM

Exquisite Renaissance music for upper voices in four parts.

Handl: Dicunt infantes
Morales: O magnum mysterium
Palestrina: Pueri Hebraeorum
Taverner: Audi vocem de cælo
Victoria: Duo seraphim

Saturday, 26th October 2013 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am)
Cost: £40 (includes music and break time refreshments)
St Mary's Church, Battersea

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GLORIOUS BAROQUE

Bach Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude
Handel Exceeding Glad Shall He Be
Handel Zadok The Priest
Monteverdi Deus in aduitorium
Lotti Crucifixus a8

Join us for a selection of the most glorious choral music, from the very beginnings of the Baroque with Lotti and Monteverdi, to the full-bodied splendour of Handel and Bach.

Saturday, 28th September 2013 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am)
Cost: £40 (includes music and break time refreshments)
St Mary's Church, Battersea

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A NEW DAWN

The Sublime Renaissance

Josquin Ave Maria
Victoria Ecce Quomodo Moritur
A Gabrieli Maria Magdalene
Anerio Christus Factus Est
Tallis O Sacrum Convivium

In this workshop we will sing some of the most beautiful pieces of European Renaissance music. Each of the chosen motets - perfect in their polyphonic construction and harmony - uses music to bring to life some of the most beautiful and moving texts. 

Saturday, 13th July 2013 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am)
Cost: £40 (includes music and break time refreshments)
St Mary's Church, Battersea

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SILVER CHAIN OF SOUND

Vaughan-Williams Rest
Elgar How Calmly the Evening
Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences
Gibbons Almighty and Everlasting God
Parsons Domine, quis habitabit

Join us to sing this beautiful all-English programme, with music spanning 400 years from the sheer beauty of Robert Parsons to the pastoral charm of Ralph Vaughan-Williams. 

Saturday, 18th May 2013 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am)
Cost: £40 (includes music and break time refreshments)
St Mary's Church, Battersea

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BRAHMS EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem 

An opportunity to sing Brahms' alternative arrangement - for choir and 4 hands at the piano - of the beautiful Requiem, written following the death of his mother in 1865. We will be singing the piece in its original German.

Please bring your own vocal score on the day.

Saturday, 9th March 2013 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am)
Cost: £40 (includes break time refreshments)
St Mary's Church, Battersea

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WHEN DAVID HEARD

Experience the best of British Renaissance and Contemporary Music

Paul Mealor Ubi Caritas
Byrd Sacerdotes Domini
Richard Bates When David Heard
Weelkes When David Heard
Tomkins I Heard A Voice From Heaven

In this workshop you have the opportunity to sing some of the most sublime British Renaissance settings. In addition to this, you will explore Paul Mealor's Ubi Caritas and a brand new setting of When David Heard by Richard Bates, Platinum's Composer in Residence.

Saturday, 12th January 2013 10:30-17:00 (Registration from 10am)
Cost: £40 (includes music and break time refreshments)
St Mary's Church, Battersea