Officers

Chair                       Chris Buttery       Tel. 07572895636          

Musical Director     Ruth Churn         

Treasurer                 Annette Brown   

Secretary                 Ailith Rutt           

Meetings

We normally meet on the first Saturday of each month except August at

Cotteridge Quaker Meeting House

23A Watford Rd,

Cotteridge,

Birmingham B30 1JB .

Our meetings run from 2.0pm until 5.0pm with a short break for refreshments in the middle of the afternoon.

Dates of Meetings

2023 

 September 2nd , October 7th , November 4th , December 2nd

2024

January 6th February 3rd March 2nd April 6th May 4th June 1st July 6th

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Programme 2023 – 2024: A year of Song and Dance

January 6th

Lodovico Grossi da Viadana: La Padovana                              SATB SATB

Anthony Holborne: Pavane 39 and Galliard 40                       SATTB

Gabriel Fauré, arr. Heather Wastie: Pavane                              SSAATB

February 3rd

H Purcell, arr. H. Hooker:

Hail Bright Cecilia! Ode for St Cecilia’s Day – Symphony       SSAATB(GbCb)

Edward Elgar, arr. Michael Copley:

Chanson de Matin                                                                      SATBGb

W A Mozart, arr. Helen Hooker:

Menuetto from Symphony no. 39 K.543                                    SATBGbCb

Orlando Gibbons:

The Silver Swan                                                                        SATTB

March 2nd

Tomás Luis de Victoria:

O Magnum Mysterium                                                              ATBGb

Claude Debussy, arr. Alyson Lewin:

Cakewalk                                                                                  SopSAATTBGb

Gaspar Sanz, arr. Christopher Ball:

Spanish Airs and Dances                                                         SATB

Edward Elgar, arr. Michael Copley:

Chanson de Matin                                                                   SATBGb

April 6th

Lodovico Grossi da Viadana:

La Padovana                                                                           SATB SATB

Ken Garfield:

Bobby Shaftoe’s all at Sea                                                      SSAATB

Anthony Holborne: 

Pavane 39 and Galliard 40                                                    SATTB

May 4th

William Byrd:

Ne irascaris Domine and Civitas Sancti Tui                          SATTB

Percy Grainger, arr. Paul Clark:

Handel in the Strand                                                             Sop/SSop/SAATB

Gabriel Fauré, arr. Heather Wastie:

Pavane                                                                                  SSAATB

June 1st

Gaspar Sanz, arr. Christopher Ball:

Spanish Airs and Dances                                                      SATB

Anne Martin:

Journey to Skye                                                                    SopSSAATTBBGbCb

W A Mozart, arr. Helen Hooker:

Menuetto from Symphony no. 39 K.543                               SATBGbCb

Orlando Gibbons, arr. Helen Hooker:

The Silver Swan                                                                   SATTB

July 6th

The July meeting will take the form of a play through and members’ concert as usual.

Extra

G F Handel: Three Dances from the

Water Music: Bourée, Minuet, Sarabande                           SATB

The programme above may change occasionally to suit specific circumstances, and our MD will have one or two extra pieces to slot in when required.

 

 

 

 

                                                 

 

Last updated 7 February 2024