# Choir Programme for 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choir-programme-for-2005/281271 "2004-12-23T02:59:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choir-programme-for-2005/281271/1 "2004-12-23T02:59:06Z")
My choir has finalised its programme for 2005 and there are some very interesting concerts coming up, as well as some old faithfuls. We’ll be doing: - a Beethoven gala in March. This is a re-enactment of a concert that Beethoven himself conducted in Vienna on 22 December 1808. For the choir, it will mean two performances singing the \*Gloria \* and \*Sanctus \* from the _Mass in C_ and the _Choral Fantasy_. - Two performances of Sir Michael Tippett’s \*A Child of Our Time \* in May to celebrate the centenary of the composer’s birth. \*John Adams’ \*El Niño \* in August. This is a work that I don’t know, but I’ve really loved the other works by Adams that I’ve heard. - the highlight of the year for me - in September, \*The Damnation of Faust \* by Berlioz, with Charles Dutoit as conductor. The performances (three of them) should be fantastic. - Three performances of the Beethoven \*Choral Symphony \* in October. - _Carmina Burana_ in November, but in a re-orchestrated version for two pianos and percussion. - The traditional four perforamnces of \*Messiah \* in December. It will be quite a busy year! ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choir-programme-for-2005/281271/2 "2004-12-23T03:12:01Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > - the highlight of the year for me - in September, \*The Damnation of Faust \* by Berlioz, with Charles Dutoit as conductor. The performances (three of them) should be fantastic. I was in a production of this at Indiana University a couple years back, and it was wonderful. It’s great music, and if you get good soloists it’s quite fun. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choir-programme-for-2005/281271/3 "2004-12-28T23:06:55Z")
And we’ve now had the Fauré \*Requiem \* added to the programme in March. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choir-programme-for-2005/281271/4 "2004-12-28T23:48:29Z")
Oh no!! I hadn’t realised it was the Tippett centenary!! _runs away and hides for twelve months_ 😉