Constanza Chorus Members

This page is for members of Constanza Chorus, and has info about our upcoming rehearsal and concert schedule, future programme and all the information you need for concerts.

Conductor Notes

Dates for your Diary 2024/25

2024

9th September – resume rehearsals including welcome back drinks after the rehearsal in the church

12th October – ‘Shakespeare’s Songs’ Concert at St Andrew Holborn – rehearsal 2:45-5:45pm – 7:30pm concert

31st October – 3rd November – tour to Sicily to participate in an International Choir Festival

4th November – returning from tour, no rehearsal

2nd December – final rehearsal of term

7th December – Christmas Concert at St Marylebone – 1:30pm-4pm rehearsal – 5pm concert

9th December – Christmas Carolling at Hay’s Galleria (near London Bridge) – TBC

2025

6th January – first rehearsal of the new year

3rd Feburary – celebrate the end of ‘Dry January’ with an after rehearsal in-church social!

21st April – Easter Bank Holiday – no rehearsal

22nd April – Tuesday rehearsal with Whitehall Choir (venue St Mary-at-Hill TBC)

26th April – Handel’s Israel In Egypt Concert with Whitehall Choir at Cadogan Hall

28th April – no rehearsal (TBC)

5th May – Bank Holiday – no rehearsal

26th May – Bank Holiday – no rehearsal

21st June – Saturday Choral Workshop Day at St-Mary-At-Hill

14th July – last rehearsal of term

8th September – rehearsals resume

17th October – Concert at St James’ Paddington

13th December – Christmas Concert (venue St Marylebone Parish Church TBC)

Members info

Rehearsal Schedule:
Concert Information:
Post-rehearsal Pub:

Rehearsal Schedule:

Shakespeare Concert
Accompanied
Emma Lou Diemer: 3 Madrigals
George Shearing: Songs and Sonnets (7 movements)
Purcell – If love’s a sweet passion
Janet Wheeler – Full Fathom Five
Unaccompanied
Vaughan Williams – Three Shakespeare Songs
Ernest Moeran – Under the Greenwood Tree
Nils Lindberg – Shall I compare thee?
John Tavener – Song for Athene
Thomas Morley – It was a Lover and His Lass
Thomas Morley – Agnus Dei
Dowland – Lord hear my prayer

Tour only:
Undine Smith Moore – Daniel, Daniel
Undine Smith Moore – We Shall Walk
Nathaniel Dett – O Holy Lord
Verdi – Va Pensiero

Christmas repertoire
Rosephanye Powell – Christus natus est
Will Todd – My Lord Has Come
Tertius Noble – Magnificat
B.E. Boykin – Coventry Carol
Plus from 100 carols for choirs:
Howells – A Spotless Rose
Pierpoint, Arr Willcocks – Jingle Bells
Arr. David Willcocks – Good King Wenceslas
Arr.David Willcocks – Sussex Carol
Tchaikovsky – The Crown of Roses
Wood – Ding Dong Merrily
Arr. Philip Ledger – Still, still, still

September
9 Diemer – Three Madrigals; Dowland (8.30 finish for drinks)
16 Vaughan-Williams, Diemer
23 Shearing
30 all other pieces for the concert (Purcell, Wheeler, Moeran, Lindberg, Tavener, Morley x2 This rehearsal may run to 9pm.

October
7 full run. This rehearsal may run to 9.30pm
12 Concert at St Andrew Holborn 2:45pm rehearsal 7:30pm concert
14 Powell, Todd, Dett (everyone rehearses it due to new members’ auditions)
21 Noble, Howells, Ledger, then from 8.30 (tour only) Verdi
28 Boykin, Sussex carol, revise Ledger/Noble if time (Tour members only 8.30 until 9.15 pm)

November
4 no rehearsal as returning from tour
11 Wenceslas, Ding Dong, Tchaikovsky, Todd
18 Jingle bells, Powell, Noble
25 Boykin, Ledger, Howells

December
2 full run until 9.30pm
7 Concert in St Marylebone Parish Church 1:30pm rehearsal 5pm concert
9 Carol Singing at Hays Galleria (TBC)

Concert Information:

UK Concert
Accompanied
Emma Lou Diemer: 3 Madrigals (start in the Autumn once arrived)
George Shearing: Songs and Sonnets (7 movements)
Purcell – If love’s a sweet passion
Janet Wheeler – Full Fathom Five
Unaccompanied
Vaughan Williams – Three Shakespeare Songs
Ernest Moeran – Under the Greenwood Tree
Nils Lindberg – Shall I compare thee?
John Tavener – Song for Athene
Thomas Morley – It was a Lover and His Lass
Thomas Morley – Agnus Dei
Dowland – Lord hear my prayer

Dress code and timings will come closer to the time

Post-rehearsal Pub:

The post-rehearsal pub is called the Walrus and the Carpenter and is a 1 minute walk down Lovat Lane from the church. Please come and join us for a drink!