BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 3.5.3//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:BST DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_170136@bigsing.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250705T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250705T213000 SUMMARY:2025 Big Sing in Gloucester Cathedral: Berlioz\, Brahms & Fauré/Me ssager DESCRIPTION:\n\nBerlioz: Te Deum (sopranos take the S1 part and altos take the S2 part)\n\nBrahms: Alto Rhapsody (men's voices only)\n\nFauré/Mess ager: Messe des Pêcheurs de Villerville (women's voices only)\n\nClick o n each of the above for learning resources.\n\nIf you have hired scores fr om the Workshop\, you can continue to use them and there is no additional hire fee.\n \n\n---------------------------------------------------\n\n\n Singers north of Stroud and Stroud itself will rehearse in Stonehouse on 4 Tuesdays.\nSingers south of Stroud will rehearse in Alveston on 4 Thurs days.\nThese 8 rehearsals are for non-audition choir singers who need som e extra rehearsals and also need introducing to the works.  \n\nThere a re 4 group rehearsals and 2 workshops as well as the final rehearsal when everyone is expected to attend.  Please see the attached rehearsal schedu le for full details.\n\nWe will be running buses from Thornbury to every G loucester and Cheltenham rehearsal and the performance. These will leave from outside Aldi in Thornbury which has two car parks adjacent to it. Th e cost will be £15 per trip and the 33-seater coach will be operated by M ike’s Travel.\n\n---------------------------------------------------\n\ nBecause of Berlioz not writing in altos we have a rather different rehea rsal schedule this time.  Sopranos take the S1 part and altos take the S2 part.  All singers will be OK attending either Stonehouse or Alveston.  \n\nIn the group rehearsals\, we will be rehearsing with Choir 1 to the conductor's left and Choir 2 to his right.  Choir 1 is all sopranos\, T enor 1s and Bass 1s\, Choir 2 is all altos\, Tenor 2s and Bass 2s.\n\nWe will do the Berlioz first in each rehearsal and in alternate weeks follow  that with women first doing the Faure followed by men with the Brahms\,  vice-versa the other two weeks.\n\nAlso\, members can buy tickets for th e performance here. Tickets are £42 main nave\, £32 centre nave\, £22 r ear nave and £15 aisle.  See attached seating plan.\n \n\n------------- ---------------------------------------\n\n\nThe running order is the Faur é/Messager Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville for women's voices\, the Br ahms Alto Rhapsody where we will be joined by Dame Sarah Connolly and then after a short interval for rearrangement the Berlioz Te Deum with Liam Bo nthrone as soloist.\n\nOur concert manager Trevor Bartlett's instructions are as follows:-\n\nNOTE: MUSIC FOLDERS WILL BE PLACED ON THE SEATING PRIO R TO THE AFTERNOON REHEARSAL. PLEASE USE THEM AS IT PRESENTS A MORE UNIFOR M EXPERIENCE FOR THE AUDIENCE RATHER THAN LOOKING AT VARIOUS EDITION COVER S. PLEASE TAKE THEM WITH YOU AFTER THE REHEARSAL SO THAT WE CAN ENTER THE CONCERT WITH OUR FOLDERS IN HAND. Those in the North Transept carry them i n their right hand\, those in the South Transept carry them in your left h and.\n\nAT THE END OF THE CONCERT PLEASE RETURN THE FOLDERS AND ANY HIRED SCORES TO THE BINS PROVIDED. THE FOLDERS ARE BEING BORROWED FROM LOCAL CHO IRS WHO REQUIRE THEM BACK AND OF COURSE OUR CHAIRMAN HAS TO RETURN SCORES THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED WITHIN THE HIRE PERIOD.\n\n\n \n The Concert Manager will take control of the South Transept and the Assistant Concert Manager will take control of the North Transept.\n \n\n\n\n \n At 7.15pm Sopranos and Tenors to assemble in North Transept\, Altos and Basses to assemble i n South Transept and Children’s Choir to assemble in the room provided. PLEASE LINE UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS FROM the Concert Manager in that area and as practiced during the afternoon rehearsal.\n \n \n At 7.2 0pm the Sopranos and Altos will take their seats on the staging starting at row A\, Sop 2 leading Sop1 from the North Transept and Alt 1 leading Al t 2 from the South Transept. The Choir will remain standing until given th e signal to sit by the Concert Manager.\n \n \n The Choir will stand on th e entrance of the conductor and follow his instruction from thereon.\n \n \n TENORS AND BASSES TO REMAIN SEATED IN THE TRANSEPTS KEEPING AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE DURING THE FAURÉ/MESSAGER PERFORMANCE.\n \n \n At the end of th e Fauré performance the Tenors and Basses will stand and during the audie nce applause will make their way into an arc between the orchestra and the staging. T2 leading T1 from the North Transept and B1 leading B2 from the South Transept.\n \n \n At the end of the applause for the Fauré the Sop s and Alts will sit upon the instruction of the conductor and will remain seated during the performance of the Alto Rhapsody remaining as quiet as p ossible and showing respect towards the Soloist and their fellow choir mem bers. After sitting the choir the conductor will leave the stage to collec t the soloist by which time the Ts and Bs will be in place ready to sing u pon their return. At the end of the Alto Rhapsody there will be a presenta tion to the soloist followed by a short Interval.\n \n \n During the inter val Tenors and Basses will leave the stage and reassemble in the North and South Transepts in the format required for the Te Deum (B1\,T1 in the nor th and T2 and B2 in the South).\n \n \n Sops and Alts will remain in their places ready for the Te Deum. (if there is a need to leave the staging pl ease do so from the top row downwards)\n \n \n Benches for the Children’ s Choir will be put in place by the Cathedral Team.\n \n \n At the five mi nute bell the choir will take their positions as per the TE DEUM seating plan and as practiced at rehearsals.\n \n \n After the adult choir is in p lace the children’s choir will enter.\n \n \n On the concert managers in struction please sit.\n \n \n Stand on the entrance of the conductor and a wait his further direction.\n \n\n\nAt the end of the concert please dismo unt the staging from the top row downwards.\n\nDURING THE PERFROMANCE THE PARLIAMENT SUITE WILL BE LOCKED AND SECURED. AT THE END OF THE CONCERT PLE ASE MAKE YOUR WAY THERE VIA THE INTERNAL ROUTE. A MEMBER OF THE CATHEDRAL STAFF WILL BE AT THE DOOR TO ALLOW YOU TO ENTER. PLEASE VACATE THE GREEN R OOM AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN AND ENSURE THAT YOU TAKE YOUR PERSONAL BELONGING S WITH YOU AND LEAVE THE SUITE AS YOU FOUND IT.\n\nGENERAL\n\nPLEASE TAKE CARE ON THE STEPS WHILST CLIMBING OR DISMOUNTING THE STAGING.\n\nIF YOU HA VE MOBILITY PROBLEMS PLEASE SEE EITHER THE CONCERT MANAGER OR THE ASSISTAN T CONCERT MANAGER AT THE REHEARSAL PRIOR TO THE CONCERT DAY SO THAT YOUR C ONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED EARLY.\n\nMOST IMPORTANTLY ENJOY THE CONCERT\n\n\ nFor full event details\, visit: https://bigsing.makingmusicplatform.com/d bpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=170136 LOCATION:Gloucester Cathedral\, 12 College Green\, Gloucester GL1 2LX URL:https://bigsing.makingmusicplatform.com/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events &id=170136 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR