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Saturday 13 October 2007
at 6 p.m. (finishing by 9 p.m.)
St Giles' Cripplegate, Fore Street, Barbican, London
David Meacock Conductor with 4 young soloists and A40 Concert Orchestra
So, please come and join us, by telling your friends and coming
along en bloc.
1. As this is likely to be a very popular event, please apply,
using this form, as early as possible to get a place - and help
us with the smooth running of it on the day.
2. Please include a single sterling cheque made payable to A40
Choir for the total of your order.
3. Please include a self-addressed envelope with your application,
so that you can be sent your tickets together with performance
directions and logistical reminders - these will be issued in
September. If you need earlier confirmation that your order has
been received, please state this clearly and include an extra
stamped addressed envelope. So, book NOW - before you lose your
flyer and booking form!
4. The church is well-served for public transport with the nearest
tube stations being Moorgate (Northern, Circle and Hammersmith
and City lines) and St Paul's (Central line).
5. Music. Singers must use the Prout edition (pub. Novello) as
other editions can have slight differences and performance instructions
will be based on this edition. The recent Concerts from ScratchTM
edition edited by David Meacock, which is designed to help with
personal preparation, and includes two CDs, has Prout page numbers
and so may also be used. Autographed copies are available below
@ £14.99 per copy incl. p&p (RPI £16.99). Please
state the voice required as it is in four volumes - one for each
voice.
6. Arrival time. Please aim to arrive as near to the door open
time of 5:30 p.m. as possible so that everyone can be seated in
good time to ensure a prompt start at 6:00 p.m.. Seats will be
a free for all within pre-allocated parts' blocks.
7. Concert Dress. Men should wear dark lounge suits or Black Dinner
Jacket. Ladies' dress should be of the equivalent elegance - either
the traditional black and white concert dress, or following a
more recent London tradition of Sopranos wearing something including
blue and Contraltos something with red.
8. As the majority of your audience is likely to be those who
apply on this form, please book tickets for your fan club too.
They could shop for a bargain or see a London Sight before coming
on to the concert.
9. Timetable. We go straight in at 6 p.m. There will be a 15 minute
comfort break after each of Parts 1 & 2. Please bring your
own refreshments, if required, for these short breaks. The Barbican's
Waterside Café will be open for a meal prior to the concert.
The performance will end by 9:15 p.m..
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INSTANT MESSIAH 2006 on Saturday 13 October 2007
To: A40 Super Choir INSTANT MESSIAH 2007,
Kavit, 35 Layters Close, Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks. SL9 9HS, England.
Name ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Please supply tickets for the A40 Super Choir INSTANT MESSIAH 2007 on Saturday 13 October 2007:
…….. /No. of Sopranos @ £17.00…………………... …….. /No. of Altos @ £17.00 ……………………..
…….. /No. of Tenors @ £17.00 …………………….. …….. /No. of Basses @ £17.00 ……………………
…….. /No. of adult Audience @ £12.00 ……………..… No. of Students with £2 discount off ticket prices ……………………
For tickets ordered after 7 September, add £3 to each price £...................
…….. /No. of Messiah editions edited by David Meacock @ £14.99 …………………… …..S …..A …..T …..B Autograph required: Yes/No (delete one option)
TOTAL payment enclosed £................... (ref:
website)
Please make cheques payable to A40 Choir AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE remember your stamped addressed envelope!
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David has appeared as both a choral conductor and pianist in major London venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall and St John's, Smith Square; as well as abroad.
His first term as a student at the Royal College of Music, was Sir David Willcocks' last as Director, and so as a member of the choir he experienced Sir David's weekly choral training.
In 1999 Meacock re-orchestrated Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius to allow choirs of just 80 singers to perform it in the provinces. His reduced orchestration of the Verdi Requiem was premièred just four months later in March 2000 - see details elsewhere on this site.
This led to the then Concerts From Scratch organiser inviting David to prepare choristers for Sir David's Royal Albert Hall concerts, as well as to do three Christmas Singdays! and, in 2004, the first Easter Singday! Although only 10% of the singers had performed Bach's St. John Passion, David steered a couple of hundred singers towards a very good performance, which many a choral Society would have been proud of after a full term's rehearsals, on merely four hours on-the-day choral rehearsal.
David's bid of over £4,000 for charity to conduct the Hallelujah chorus at a Royal Albert Hall Messiah from Scratch event was trumped, and so he has now formed his own bring and sing organisation, the A40 Super Choir, which has three aims: first, to bring singers together in large numbers to enjoy singing both favourites as well as lesser known choral repertoire; second, to grow large enough to perform in the Royal Albert Hall; and third, to raise ten times the failed £4,000+ bid (over £40,000) for charity.
The first A40 Super Choir event was on 1 April (after midday!) this year, in St Giles' Cripplegate, Barbican, London. Following a two-hour workshop, David conducted the Brahms' Requiem using Brahms' own rarely heard version for two pianos. He also filled out the programme by being the soloist in Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb. Although we were only together for the two hour workshop our performance of Brahms' A German Requiem, was greatly appreciated by the audience.
INSTANT MESSIAH 2006 raised the bar for bring and sing Messiahs. Only the soloists and orchestra rehearsed in the afternoon. The 'instant' aspect of it was that the choir went straight in, unrehearsed and sang the whole work completely UNCUT. Unlike other scratch performances of Messiah we didn't chicken out of the lesser known or more difficult movements. INSTANT MESSIAH with the A40 Super Choir is now the ultimate bring and sing challenge and so great fun. If you'd like to pick up that gauntlet, then fill in the application form above while you think of it!