Concert date, place and times

Saturday 18 June at Winchester Cathedral

Set up: from 12.00.

Tutti rehearsal: 13.30 – 16.30. Please be aware that we have to vacate the Cathedral promptly at the end of the rehearsal. There is a service of Evensong from 17.30 to 18.00.

Concert starts at 19.30. Chorus to be ready 'backstage' at marshalling points to move on stage at 19.15. Here is the running order:
Zelenka – Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti (short item to pad out the short programme)
Bach – Magnificat
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No 2
Interval (approximately 20.20, for 20 minutes).
Handel – Dixit Dominus
Concert ends at approximately 21.15.

N.B. Performers may not use the toilet facilities in the Fleury building.

Access

Use the South door of the Cathedral for both the rehearsal and the concert.

Changing facilities

Singers and players may leave personal belongings and concert gear at Prior's Hall from 15.00 to 21.50. An attendant will be on the door throughout. Although it's a big space, we have to share it with the orchestra, and the only place to change discreetly is the loo; if you are able to get changed elsewhere, please do! During the orchestra's tea-break, please try to avoid the kitchen area (ground floor).
 

Concert dress

Men: Black dinner suit (no handkerchief in jacket breast pocket); black bow tie; long-sleeved white shirt; black shoes.

Women: Ankle or full-length plain black skirt or full-length, formal, black trousers; ¾ or long-sleeved plain black top; black shoes. Please – no jeans or casual-style trousers, even if black; no skirt shorter than ankle-length; no sequins, beads, off-the-shoulder styles, etc.; no sparkly jewellery.

Music and covers

Singers are responsible for their own black music cover. Please remember to bring yours with you on the day of the concert and take it home again at the end. After the concert, please leave hired music in the boxes at the exit from the choir staging, and if you've had to borrow a folder from Sue, please make sure you return that, too.

On stage

For the performance, the chorus enters the tiered seating row by row, according to the seating plan. Sit down immediately you reach your place. Do not applaud when the conductor enters. Follow the briefed sits and stands (see next page).

At the interval (20 minutes) leave the tiered seating row by row, in reverse order. Please make sure you are back 10 minutes after the start of the interval, at your marshalling point, ready to file on again. When directed to do so, file on row by row, as for the start of the concert.

Toilets: Please use the facilities in Prior's Hall. (The Fleury Room in the Cathedral is out-of-bounds to all but the audience.)
 

Security

The Cathedral is open to the public throughout the afternoon. Security of your belongings cannot be guaranteed. Please keep your valuables safe.

Parking

Parking in the Cathedral Close is by permit only. There are several suitable public car parks nearby (e.g., Middlebrook Street car park).