Peter Grimes Orchestral Workshop - April 2015
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 8 & 9 March July, working on Strauss’s Daphne.
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:
8 & 9 March 2025: Strauss: Daphne
28 & 29 June 2025: Janacek: The Makropolus Case
30 November 2025: Dvorak: Rusalka
Past Orchestral Study Weekends:
December 2024: Das Wunder der Heliane - Act 1
July 2024: Vanessa
May 2024: Wozzeck
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