Seating rehearsal at St John’s Smith Square
Smith Square Hall Smith Square, LondonRehearsal order 5.30 Berlioz 5.45 Blacher 6.00 Brahms
Rehearsal order 5.30 Berlioz 5.45 Blacher 6.00 Brahms
Brahms’s Symphony No.2 is paired with Berlioz and a little-known gem by Boris Blacher for a KSO concert at St John’s Smith Square
Rehearsal order 6.30 Act I, Act II 9.30 Finish
Rehearsal order 6.30 Act III & Interludes 8.30 Curry
Act 2 Act 1 (20 - 28), (30) - (51) and (76) Act 3 (23) - (26)
Rehearsal to include Act I (20), (37), (76) with Peter Grimes and Balstrode Act II (55)
11.00-1.00 all non chorus passages with soloists; Act III off-stage band passages 2.00-5.00 all passages with chorus (in sequence)
6.30 - 9.30 to include all 6 Interludes
3.30 - 5.30 covering as much as possible in sequence
KSO gives a concert performance of Britten’s postwar opera, with the tenor John Hudson in the title role, at Queen Elizabeth Hall