2025 Big Sing Newsletter No 4
| Type of post: | Choir news item |
| Sub-type: | No sub-type |
| Posted By: | Mike Elcock |
| Status: | Current |
| Date Posted: | Thu, 26 Jun 2025 |
Reply to Jos Gregson,
18 Willoughby Close,
Alveston,
Bristol BS35 3RW
Tel: 01454-411652
Email: josgregson@gmail.com
SCBSG Website: bigsing.org
Thank you for signing up to sing in our performance of the Berlioz Te Deum, the Brahms Alto Rhapsody and the Fauré/Messager Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville. This will take place in Gloucester Cathedral on Saturday 5th July 2025 as part of the Cheltenham Music Festival, we will be conducted by Adrian Partington and accompanied by the British Sinfonietta. Our soloists will be Dame Sarah Connolly in the Brahms and Liam Bonthrone in the Berlioz.
We have now had three week’s rehearsals including a well attended and successful Workshop at Christ Church Cheltenham, very invigorating!
We now have 127 singers booked so far, Adrian will be bringing in a number of singers from the BBC National Chorus of Wales to boost our numbers.
WHICH REHEARSALS SHOULD I ATTEND?
Adrian would like all singers to attend the rehearsals that he is taking, namely those on 2/7, 4/7 and 5/7. The evening rehearsal on 4/7 is particularly important as that is when our Concert Manager, Trevor Bartlett will sort out the seating plan and allocate places. If you cannot attend this please arrange with someone from your voice section to make sure that you know where to sit.
Singers from audition choirs are also encouraged to attend the local rehearsals in Stonehouse and Alveston. While these are for singers from smaller choirs to get to learn the work it is very helpful to have a more experienced singer singing alongside one and I hope that many of you will consider doing this.
SCORES
The hire score that we are using for the Berlioz Te Deum is Schirmer, for the Brahms it is Novello and for the Fauré/Messager it is Leduc. I have one new Serenissima Berlioz Te Deum score (one only) available at £13.50 and Leduc Faure/Messager scores at £12.50.
SCORE AMENDMENTS
Adrian has produced a number of revisions to all three scores. These are available to download on the website bigsing.org or if preferred ask me and I can email them to you. I will also have printed copies at rehearsals.
TICKETS
I will have a number of tickets available for sale. These are priced at £42 (38), £32 (20), £22 (14) and £15 (28). Numbers in brackets are the numbers of seats in our allocation. As we have a large orchestra and the four front rows have been removed the rows have been re-numbered so that the front row is again A.
£42 seats – A7-9, D3, H3-4, K5-8, M15-16, R13-18, S3-4,
£32 seats – EE3-7, EE14, FF13-15. GG6-9
£22 seats – HH5, JJ15-16, KK3-7
£15 seats –these are aisle seats and unnumbered, state whether you prefer south or north aisle.
In addition I have three £42 tickets P7-9 which belong to a singer who finds that he has had a change of plans. Contact me if you would like these and I will give you payment details direct to the owner.
Please note that any of my allocation of tickets that are left after 3rd July will be returned to Cheltenham Festival after 11am that day when I have a meeting in Gloucester.
I have a seating plan and can send it to you if you require it or you can look on the Cheltenham Festival website. As I sell tickets I will update this list so that it is current when I send it out.
BUSES
We are running buses from Thornbury to every Gloucester and Cheltenham rehearsal and the performance. These will leave from outside Aldi in Thornbury which has two car parks adjacent to it. The cost will be £15 per trip and the 33-seater coach will be operated by Mike’s Travel. Booking forms are available on the SCBSG website bigsing.org or from myself.
REHEARSAL LINKS
Mike Elcock asks me to remind you that our website has some useful rehearsal links as well as everything you need to know about the Big Sing. If you look at the repertoire page: https://www.bigsing.org/dbpage.php?pg=learning&repgroup=Status, you can click on the piece you want help on, and it will show a number of useful links such as YouTube, Choralia, Learn Choral Music where they are available. We have also included a link to Dame Sarah Connolly singing the Alto Rhapsody on YouTube. With YouTube and Choralia, you can vary the playing speed. With Learn Choral Music, you need to download the appropriate midi file and then play it. With John Fletcher Music, you need to login (for free). Also ChoraLine have rehearsal files for the Berlioz that can be purchased and downloaded. Do make use of these resources if you can.
CONCERT FOLDERS
We will be using folders courtesy of Thornbury and Wycliffe Choral Societies. As there are several different colours involved in the scores we are singing from we are very keen to use folders to give a uniform appearance. Folders will be on your seats when you arrive on Saturday 5th July. After the concert please remove your scores from the folders and place the folders in the separate boxes provided, preferably in boxes of Thornbury (maroon) folders or Wycliffe (black) folders.
CONCERT DRESS
For ladies – black top with at least three-quarter length sleeves, long black skirt or trousers.
For gentlemen – black dinner jacket with white shirt and black bow tie. We will be watching the weather forecast in concert week and if it will be very warm on concert day will dispense with jackets for the men. We will be changing in the Parliament Suite at the Cathedral and will be able to leave our smart clothes there for the rehearsal, the concert manager will lock the suite when we are rehearsing.
TOILET
The Cheltenham Festival are bringing in a mobile toilet for this concert which will be parked opposite the south door. It will be installed from 10am on concert day.
WATER
If you feel that you need to take a bottle of water in to the concert please can you take as small a bottle as you can manage with and keep it out of sight, both when taking your seat and also while sitting down. It is essential to stay hydrated while we sing as we do not need any cases of heatstroke.
For the rehearsals on 4/7 and 5/7 pm we will not be having a juice break after an hour or so as this will mean dismounting the staging which takes time. Please bring any liquid refreshment that you require for those evening’s rehearsals. Non-alcoholic, of course!
PROGRAMMES
We have produced a 28 page programme with details of the orchestra and conductor, lists of the orchestra, singers and children’s choir members and most importantly a write-up on the works that we are performing together with the librettos where we are singing. At 5pm on the 5th after the afternoon rehearsal we would like a number of singers to help by putting a programme on each audience seat, also the soloists, singers and orchestra seats. The boxes of programmes will be stored in the Cathedral and the authorities are going to lend us a trolley to shift them.
PARLIAMENT SUITE
We will be using the Parliament Suite for changing in. As you enter the Cathedral Close through the main gate the entrance to the Parliament Suite is to the left and behind the West Door of the Cathedral. There are three rooms in the Suite. Ladies will use the room looking over the Close, the centre room will be used for serving juice and biscuits and the main room will be used by the men. We suggest that you bring a picnic or sandwiches to eat either in the cathedral grounds or in the Parliament Suite. The Parliament Suite will be open when you arrive for the afternoon rehearsal and will be locked by the Concert Manager while we rehearse and again while we perform.
The Comfy Pew by the entrance to the Cathedral Close will be remaining open in case you wish to book a meal, I imagine booking will be essential.
RADIO 3
I have sent in a request for our performance to be mentioned in the breakfast programme on Radio 3; They say they have many requests and cannot guarantee to feature any particular concerts.
RETURNING SCORES
There will be boxes by the large pillars at the left and right of where we are singing on the staging. Please return all hired scores to these boxes as we leave the staging at the end of the concert. If for any reason you cannot make the concert please get one of your colleagues to return them for you. After the concert I effectively have a week to return all scores so I do not want to be chasing singers through Gwent, Wiltshire, Somerset and other counties to recover missing scores.
WEEK 4
Tuesday 1st July - rehearsal 7.30-9.30pm at Wycliffe Junior School Performing Arts Centre, Ebley Road, Stonehouse GL10 2LD to be taken by Chris Swain. We will be serving water and orange squash at around 8.30. The rehearsal will start with the Berlioz for all voices and stop at 9.10, the ladies will then leave and Chris will take the tenors and basses through the Brahms Alto Rhapsody.
To get to the venue from the M5 head for Stroud and cross five roundabouts. About 200 yards after the fifth roundabout there is an opening on the right labelled Gate 19 and a large car park. Go into the car park, park and there is a small gate in the fence. Go through this and the Performing Arts Centre is on the left after about 200 yards. Do not be diverted onto the Stroud bypass.
Coming out of Stroud follow the A419 out of Stroud along Cainscross Road. Go straight across the large roundabout at the Marling School end into Westward Road. Gate 19 is around 1.25 miles on your left. Kennedy’s Garden Centre used to use the car park.
Wednesday 2nd July - rehearsal 7.30-9.30 at The Crypt School, Podsmead Road, Gloucester GL2 5AE to be taken by Adrian Partington. As many of you as possible are urged to attend. We .will be serving water and squash at around 8.30pm.
Coming from Junction 12 on the M5 follow signs to Gloucester city centre on the dual carriageway. Cross two roundabouts and at the major lights that are next turn right on the A38 to Gloucester City Centre. After around 800 yards Podsmead is on the left at lights. Turn left, go round a small roundabout and drive into the Crypt School driveway. There will be a large car park on the left before you reach the school building. Park your car and go round the side of the building, check-in is at the main entrance on the other side of the building from the car park.
The Number 10 bus to Cheltenham from Gloucester and vice versa has a Podsmead Road stop.
There are considerable delays due to road works on the A38 so you can either approach The Crypt School from the north, central Gloucester side or build in a bit of extra time for the road works.
Thursday 3rd July? -? rehearsal 7.30-9.30pm at Alveston Methodist Church, Greenhill Road, Alveston BS35 3RA to be taken by Steven Kings. We will be serving water and orange squash at around 8.30. The rehearsal will start with the Berlioz for all voices and stop at 9.10, the ladies will then leave and Steven will take the tenors and basses through the Brahms Alto Rhapsody.
Coming out of Bristol take the A38 – after you pass the village sign saying ALVESTON St Helen’s Church is on your left. Turn left immediately after St Helen’s Church, Alveston Methodist Church is around 400 yards on the left on the corner of Wolfridge Ride.Note that due to A38 “improvements” it is not possible to turn left towards Thornbury at the A38 traffic lights.
Coming from the Stroud and Gloucester direction on the A38 go through the lights signed to Thornbury by Berkeley Vale Motors and immediately get into the right hand lane. Turn right into David’s Lane, drive to the T junction at the bottom, turn left and immediately right and Alveston Methodist is up to your left.
Friday 4th July
Rehearsal 7.30pm-10.00pm at Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX to be taken by Adrian Partington. Note the slightly extended time. This is a full rehearsal for all singers. It is vital that as many of you as possible attend as this is when our Concert Manager Trevor Bartlett will sort out the seating plan. If you cannot attend please ensure that a colleague in your voice part keeps a seat for you for concert day. This is also when we will be joined by around 20 singers, many of them lay clerks or singers from the BBC National Chorus of Wales. A seating plan will be displayed in each transept and seating blocks will be colour coded with the stage midline separating the two choirs also clearly marked. At the end of the rehearsal we will practice exiting/unloading the stage and on the Saturday afternoon we will assemble in the transepts and practice a concert style entrance for just the ladies as the men will wait in the aisles as the Brahms is the second item in the concert.
Saturday 5th July – There is no morning orchestra only rehearsal. Our rehearsal is from 2pm-5pm with orchestra, please be in the Cathedral in your correct place by 1.45pm. The performance is at 7.30pm and will run to 9.30pm. Please be in the Cathedral for the performance by 7.15pm in position in either the North or South transept as directed by the Concert Manager on Friday. 4th July.
The Cathedral is well signposted from the various roads coming into the city. There is parking in the Westgate Street car park as well as in the Park Street/Hare Street car park used for the St John’s Northgate rehearsals.
STANDS AND SITS
At the start of the concert only the ladies will be on the stage and they will stand when Adrian comes in. After they have sung they will sit and tenors and basses will enter the space between the back of the orchestra and the front row of lady singers. T1s followed by T2s will enter from the left up to the centre line on the staging, simultaneously B1s will enter from the right and move to the centre line followed by B2s. Men will not sit before their performance. After the performance of the Brahms there will be a short interval when the men will move to the back rows of the staging as directed by the Concert Manager.
We will then seat ourselves on the Concert Manager’s instructions, ready for the Berlioz Te Deum. On Adrian’s entrance with our soloist he will stand the choir. After the second movement “Tibi omnes” Adrian will seat the choir for the orchestral-only Marche. After the Marche Adrian will stand the choir for the “Dignare, Domine”. Adrian will then seat the choir after the “Christe, Rex gloriae” and the y will remain seated until the downbeat at bar 1 on Schirmer page 73 (Serenissima page 75) when they will stand very quietly and remaining standing until the end.
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at each rehearsal, especially the combined rehearsals in Gloucester. Tickets are selling well, and hopefully we will be singing to a full house.
If you have any queries at all please contact me at any of the contact points at the head of this Newsletter. I will be attending all rehearsals.
Jos Gregson
Chairman, South Cotswold Big Sing Group
18 Willoughby Close,
Alveston,
Bristol BS35 3RW
Tel: 01454-411652
Email: josgregson@gmail.com
SCBSG Website: bigsing.org
WEEK 4
Dear Singer,Thank you for signing up to sing in our performance of the Berlioz Te Deum, the Brahms Alto Rhapsody and the Fauré/Messager Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville. This will take place in Gloucester Cathedral on Saturday 5th July 2025 as part of the Cheltenham Music Festival, we will be conducted by Adrian Partington and accompanied by the British Sinfonietta. Our soloists will be Dame Sarah Connolly in the Brahms and Liam Bonthrone in the Berlioz.
We have now had three week’s rehearsals including a well attended and successful Workshop at Christ Church Cheltenham, very invigorating!
We now have 127 singers booked so far, Adrian will be bringing in a number of singers from the BBC National Chorus of Wales to boost our numbers.
WHICH REHEARSALS SHOULD I ATTEND?
Adrian would like all singers to attend the rehearsals that he is taking, namely those on 2/7, 4/7 and 5/7. The evening rehearsal on 4/7 is particularly important as that is when our Concert Manager, Trevor Bartlett will sort out the seating plan and allocate places. If you cannot attend this please arrange with someone from your voice section to make sure that you know where to sit.
Singers from audition choirs are also encouraged to attend the local rehearsals in Stonehouse and Alveston. While these are for singers from smaller choirs to get to learn the work it is very helpful to have a more experienced singer singing alongside one and I hope that many of you will consider doing this.
SCORES
The hire score that we are using for the Berlioz Te Deum is Schirmer, for the Brahms it is Novello and for the Fauré/Messager it is Leduc. I have one new Serenissima Berlioz Te Deum score (one only) available at £13.50 and Leduc Faure/Messager scores at £12.50.
SCORE AMENDMENTS
Adrian has produced a number of revisions to all three scores. These are available to download on the website bigsing.org or if preferred ask me and I can email them to you. I will also have printed copies at rehearsals.
TICKETS
I will have a number of tickets available for sale. These are priced at £42 (38), £32 (20), £22 (14) and £15 (28). Numbers in brackets are the numbers of seats in our allocation. As we have a large orchestra and the four front rows have been removed the rows have been re-numbered so that the front row is again A.
£42 seats – A7-9, D3, H3-4, K5-8, M15-16, R13-18, S3-4,
£32 seats – EE3-7, EE14, FF13-15. GG6-9
£22 seats – HH5, JJ15-16, KK3-7
£15 seats –these are aisle seats and unnumbered, state whether you prefer south or north aisle.
In addition I have three £42 tickets P7-9 which belong to a singer who finds that he has had a change of plans. Contact me if you would like these and I will give you payment details direct to the owner.
Please note that any of my allocation of tickets that are left after 3rd July will be returned to Cheltenham Festival after 11am that day when I have a meeting in Gloucester.
I have a seating plan and can send it to you if you require it or you can look on the Cheltenham Festival website. As I sell tickets I will update this list so that it is current when I send it out.
BUSES
We are running buses from Thornbury to every Gloucester and Cheltenham rehearsal and the performance. These will leave from outside Aldi in Thornbury which has two car parks adjacent to it. The cost will be £15 per trip and the 33-seater coach will be operated by Mike’s Travel. Booking forms are available on the SCBSG website bigsing.org or from myself.
REHEARSAL LINKS
Mike Elcock asks me to remind you that our website has some useful rehearsal links as well as everything you need to know about the Big Sing. If you look at the repertoire page: https://www.bigsing.org/dbpage.php?pg=learning&repgroup=Status, you can click on the piece you want help on, and it will show a number of useful links such as YouTube, Choralia, Learn Choral Music where they are available. We have also included a link to Dame Sarah Connolly singing the Alto Rhapsody on YouTube. With YouTube and Choralia, you can vary the playing speed. With Learn Choral Music, you need to download the appropriate midi file and then play it. With John Fletcher Music, you need to login (for free). Also ChoraLine have rehearsal files for the Berlioz that can be purchased and downloaded. Do make use of these resources if you can.
CONCERT FOLDERS
We will be using folders courtesy of Thornbury and Wycliffe Choral Societies. As there are several different colours involved in the scores we are singing from we are very keen to use folders to give a uniform appearance. Folders will be on your seats when you arrive on Saturday 5th July. After the concert please remove your scores from the folders and place the folders in the separate boxes provided, preferably in boxes of Thornbury (maroon) folders or Wycliffe (black) folders.
CONCERT DRESS
For ladies – black top with at least three-quarter length sleeves, long black skirt or trousers.
For gentlemen – black dinner jacket with white shirt and black bow tie. We will be watching the weather forecast in concert week and if it will be very warm on concert day will dispense with jackets for the men. We will be changing in the Parliament Suite at the Cathedral and will be able to leave our smart clothes there for the rehearsal, the concert manager will lock the suite when we are rehearsing.
TOILET
The Cheltenham Festival are bringing in a mobile toilet for this concert which will be parked opposite the south door. It will be installed from 10am on concert day.
WATER
If you feel that you need to take a bottle of water in to the concert please can you take as small a bottle as you can manage with and keep it out of sight, both when taking your seat and also while sitting down. It is essential to stay hydrated while we sing as we do not need any cases of heatstroke.
For the rehearsals on 4/7 and 5/7 pm we will not be having a juice break after an hour or so as this will mean dismounting the staging which takes time. Please bring any liquid refreshment that you require for those evening’s rehearsals. Non-alcoholic, of course!
PROGRAMMES
We have produced a 28 page programme with details of the orchestra and conductor, lists of the orchestra, singers and children’s choir members and most importantly a write-up on the works that we are performing together with the librettos where we are singing. At 5pm on the 5th after the afternoon rehearsal we would like a number of singers to help by putting a programme on each audience seat, also the soloists, singers and orchestra seats. The boxes of programmes will be stored in the Cathedral and the authorities are going to lend us a trolley to shift them.
PARLIAMENT SUITE
We will be using the Parliament Suite for changing in. As you enter the Cathedral Close through the main gate the entrance to the Parliament Suite is to the left and behind the West Door of the Cathedral. There are three rooms in the Suite. Ladies will use the room looking over the Close, the centre room will be used for serving juice and biscuits and the main room will be used by the men. We suggest that you bring a picnic or sandwiches to eat either in the cathedral grounds or in the Parliament Suite. The Parliament Suite will be open when you arrive for the afternoon rehearsal and will be locked by the Concert Manager while we rehearse and again while we perform.
The Comfy Pew by the entrance to the Cathedral Close will be remaining open in case you wish to book a meal, I imagine booking will be essential.
RADIO 3
I have sent in a request for our performance to be mentioned in the breakfast programme on Radio 3; They say they have many requests and cannot guarantee to feature any particular concerts.
RETURNING SCORES
There will be boxes by the large pillars at the left and right of where we are singing on the staging. Please return all hired scores to these boxes as we leave the staging at the end of the concert. If for any reason you cannot make the concert please get one of your colleagues to return them for you. After the concert I effectively have a week to return all scores so I do not want to be chasing singers through Gwent, Wiltshire, Somerset and other counties to recover missing scores.
WEEK 4
Tuesday 1st July - rehearsal 7.30-9.30pm at Wycliffe Junior School Performing Arts Centre, Ebley Road, Stonehouse GL10 2LD to be taken by Chris Swain. We will be serving water and orange squash at around 8.30. The rehearsal will start with the Berlioz for all voices and stop at 9.10, the ladies will then leave and Chris will take the tenors and basses through the Brahms Alto Rhapsody.
To get to the venue from the M5 head for Stroud and cross five roundabouts. About 200 yards after the fifth roundabout there is an opening on the right labelled Gate 19 and a large car park. Go into the car park, park and there is a small gate in the fence. Go through this and the Performing Arts Centre is on the left after about 200 yards. Do not be diverted onto the Stroud bypass.
Coming out of Stroud follow the A419 out of Stroud along Cainscross Road. Go straight across the large roundabout at the Marling School end into Westward Road. Gate 19 is around 1.25 miles on your left. Kennedy’s Garden Centre used to use the car park.
Wednesday 2nd July - rehearsal 7.30-9.30 at The Crypt School, Podsmead Road, Gloucester GL2 5AE to be taken by Adrian Partington. As many of you as possible are urged to attend. We .will be serving water and squash at around 8.30pm.
Coming from Junction 12 on the M5 follow signs to Gloucester city centre on the dual carriageway. Cross two roundabouts and at the major lights that are next turn right on the A38 to Gloucester City Centre. After around 800 yards Podsmead is on the left at lights. Turn left, go round a small roundabout and drive into the Crypt School driveway. There will be a large car park on the left before you reach the school building. Park your car and go round the side of the building, check-in is at the main entrance on the other side of the building from the car park.
The Number 10 bus to Cheltenham from Gloucester and vice versa has a Podsmead Road stop.
There are considerable delays due to road works on the A38 so you can either approach The Crypt School from the north, central Gloucester side or build in a bit of extra time for the road works.
Thursday 3rd July? -? rehearsal 7.30-9.30pm at Alveston Methodist Church, Greenhill Road, Alveston BS35 3RA to be taken by Steven Kings. We will be serving water and orange squash at around 8.30. The rehearsal will start with the Berlioz for all voices and stop at 9.10, the ladies will then leave and Steven will take the tenors and basses through the Brahms Alto Rhapsody.
Coming out of Bristol take the A38 – after you pass the village sign saying ALVESTON St Helen’s Church is on your left. Turn left immediately after St Helen’s Church, Alveston Methodist Church is around 400 yards on the left on the corner of Wolfridge Ride.Note that due to A38 “improvements” it is not possible to turn left towards Thornbury at the A38 traffic lights.
Coming from the Stroud and Gloucester direction on the A38 go through the lights signed to Thornbury by Berkeley Vale Motors and immediately get into the right hand lane. Turn right into David’s Lane, drive to the T junction at the bottom, turn left and immediately right and Alveston Methodist is up to your left.
Friday 4th July
Rehearsal 7.30pm-10.00pm at Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX to be taken by Adrian Partington. Note the slightly extended time. This is a full rehearsal for all singers. It is vital that as many of you as possible attend as this is when our Concert Manager Trevor Bartlett will sort out the seating plan. If you cannot attend please ensure that a colleague in your voice part keeps a seat for you for concert day. This is also when we will be joined by around 20 singers, many of them lay clerks or singers from the BBC National Chorus of Wales. A seating plan will be displayed in each transept and seating blocks will be colour coded with the stage midline separating the two choirs also clearly marked. At the end of the rehearsal we will practice exiting/unloading the stage and on the Saturday afternoon we will assemble in the transepts and practice a concert style entrance for just the ladies as the men will wait in the aisles as the Brahms is the second item in the concert.
Saturday 5th July – There is no morning orchestra only rehearsal. Our rehearsal is from 2pm-5pm with orchestra, please be in the Cathedral in your correct place by 1.45pm. The performance is at 7.30pm and will run to 9.30pm. Please be in the Cathedral for the performance by 7.15pm in position in either the North or South transept as directed by the Concert Manager on Friday. 4th July.
The Cathedral is well signposted from the various roads coming into the city. There is parking in the Westgate Street car park as well as in the Park Street/Hare Street car park used for the St John’s Northgate rehearsals.
STANDS AND SITS
At the start of the concert only the ladies will be on the stage and they will stand when Adrian comes in. After they have sung they will sit and tenors and basses will enter the space between the back of the orchestra and the front row of lady singers. T1s followed by T2s will enter from the left up to the centre line on the staging, simultaneously B1s will enter from the right and move to the centre line followed by B2s. Men will not sit before their performance. After the performance of the Brahms there will be a short interval when the men will move to the back rows of the staging as directed by the Concert Manager.
We will then seat ourselves on the Concert Manager’s instructions, ready for the Berlioz Te Deum. On Adrian’s entrance with our soloist he will stand the choir. After the second movement “Tibi omnes” Adrian will seat the choir for the orchestral-only Marche. After the Marche Adrian will stand the choir for the “Dignare, Domine”. Adrian will then seat the choir after the “Christe, Rex gloriae” and the y will remain seated until the downbeat at bar 1 on Schirmer page 73 (Serenissima page 75) when they will stand very quietly and remaining standing until the end.
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at each rehearsal, especially the combined rehearsals in Gloucester. Tickets are selling well, and hopefully we will be singing to a full house.
If you have any queries at all please contact me at any of the contact points at the head of this Newsletter. I will be attending all rehearsals.
Jos Gregson
Chairman, South Cotswold Big Sing Group
