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Rehearsals for our Spring 2026 concert

Rehearsals are on Tuesdays between 8 and 10pm at the new Walthamstow Hall Junior School building called Blackburn House in Bayham Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 3XA (note that this is a new venue for our 2025/26 season) and will run from 6 January to 24 March, with the concert taking place at 3pm at Pamoja Concert Hall, Sevenoaks School on Sunday 29 March.

We will be singing Mendelssohn’s Elijah using the New (Red cover) Novello Edition (earlier Novello editions may also be used as page/bar numbers appear to align and differences are likely to be very small) with the following cuts :

No.7  page 30 – 38, No.28 pages 143 and 144, No.35 pages 169 – top of page 175 (Elijah solo), Nos. 40 and 41 pages 188 – 199.

Scores

Our Librarian, Brian Shirreff, has hire scores available at £2 each – correct money would be appreciated please. He will be there early at the first few rehearsals – please allow a few extra minutes when you come to collect your scores so that Robyn can start the rehearsal promptly at 8pm.

Rehearsal Aids

The following links are available to support your learning :

Chordperfect : Highly recommended – a soloist sings your part in one ear with the other parts, soloists and orchestral accompaniment “knocked back” in the other ear.  Chordperfect Click Here

Cyberbass : Cyberbass Click Here

John Fletcher (Free starter membership sign-up needed) : John Fletcher Click Here

Shrewsbury Choral : Five separate sections, select your section, then choose your voice part – site displays the score which moves in coordination with the audio track. Shrewsbury Choral Click Here

Recordings

To help you get the shape of the work and the “feel” of the performance one of our members has recommended the following YouTube performance  for you to follow along with your score.  :

Performance

Elijah – Edinburgh Festival Chorus with Bryn Terfel and Renee Fleming – Click Here