As part of our Educational Programme, we run orchestral workshops on very large operas so that orchestral players and our singers can enjoy working on operas in their original orchestrations in a non-pressured environment.
Our next Orchestral Study Day is scheduled Saturday and Sunday 13 & 14 May July, working on Barber’s Vanessa.
Location: St Hilda’s Church, Courtrai Road, Crofton Park SE23 1PL
Approximate Timings:
Saturday
11.00 Orchestra alone rehearsal
1.00 Lunch
2.15 Full rehearsal
5.00 finish
Sunday
13.00 -15.00 Rehearsal
15.00- 15.30 break
15.30 – 18.15 Rehearsal
18.45 – 20.30 Playthrough - guests welcome - suggested donation of £10
Conductor: Ben Woodward
Future Orchestral Study Weekends:
7 or 8 December 2024: either Act 1 or 2 of Das Wunder der Heliane
Past Orchestral Study Weekends:
November 2023: Bluebeard’s Castle
July 2023: Elektra
April 2023: The Love of Three Oranges
December 2022: Carmen
July 2022: Die Tote Stadt
April 2022: Tippett, The Midsummer Marriage
27 November 2021: Hänsel und Gretel
October 2021: Jenufa
July 2021: Die Ägyptische Helena
December 2019: Die Frau ohne Schatten Act 3
13 & 14 July 2019: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
27 & 28 April 2019: Káťa Kabanová
1 & 2 December 2018: Die Meistersinger Act 3
7 & 8 July 2018: Die Frau ohne Schatten
21 & 22 April 2018: Das Rheingold
2 & 3 December 2017: Otello
15 & 16 July 2017: Der Rosenkavalier
22 & 23 April 2017: Götterdämmerung Prologue & Act 1
4 December 2016: Der fliegende Holländer
16 & 17 July 2016: Arabella
30 April & 1 May 2016: Die Walküre Acts 1 & 3
6 December 2015: Zemlinsky “Lyric Symphony”
4 & 5 July 2015: Dialogues des Carmélites
18 & 19 April 2015: Peter Grimes
6 December 2014: Siegfried Act 3
11 & 12 October 2014: Elektra
April 2014: Salome
December 2013: Götterdämmerung Act 3
Summer 2013: Siegfried Act 1