Birmingham Branch
Officers
Chair Chris Buttery Tel. 07572895636
Musical Director Ruth Churn
Treasurer Annette Brown
Secretary Ailith Rutt
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 usual meetings run from 2.0pm until 5.0pm with a short break for refreshments in the middle of the afternoon
Music for 2026
Our theme this year is
A Grand European Tour
January 3rd 2026
Gaspar Sanz, arr. Christopher Ball: Spanish Airs and Dances SATB
Edvard Grieg, arr. Helen Hooker: Norwegian Dance SAATTB
Johann Strauss II: Saengerlust Polka SopSATTBGb
February 7th 2026
Antonín Dvořák, arr. Helen Hooker: Slavonic Dance Op.46 no.4 SATTBCb
Dietrich Buxtehude: Kyrie from Missa Brevis SSATB
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo SAATTBB/Cb
Carl Nielsen, arr. Christian Mondrup: Folk Tune (Danish) SATT
March 7th 2026
Antonín Dvořák, arr. Helen Hooker: Slavonic Dance Op.46 no.4 SATTBCb
Traditional, arr. Paul Clark: Two Dutch Folk Songs SATB
G P da Palestrina, arr. C. Buttery: Sicut Cervus & Sitivit Anima Mea SATB
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hymne à la Nuit SATBGb
April 4th 2026 will be a playing day with Anna Stegman
May 2nd 2026
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ascendens Christus in Altum AATTB
Gaspar Sanz, arr. Christopher Ball: Spanish Airs and Dances SATB
G P da Palestrina, arr. C. Buttery: Sicut Cervus & Sitivit Anima Mea SATB
Edvard Grieg, arr. Helen Hooker: Norwegian Dance S AATTB
June 6th 2026
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Ascendens Christus in Altum AATTB
Johann Strauss II: Saengerlust Polka SopSATTBGb
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo SSAATTBB/Cb
Traditional, arr. Paul Clark: Two Dutch Folk Songs SATB
July 4th 2026
A play through of the music we have worked on this year