Concert date, place and times:

Saturday 26 November at O2 Guildhall Southampton. See here for venue information, including directions, and here for a map.

Set up: from 12.30.

Warmup backstage 14.20 – 14.25, and then take your seat on stage.
Rehearsal: 14.30 – 17.30 approx. Chorus should be free from 17.00.

Concert: starts at 19.30. Chorus to be ready backstage at 19.20 at marshalling points to prepare before going on stage.

Running Order

Mozart Serenata Notturna; Wheeler I Sing, and Ever Shall.

Interval: estimated time 20.10 (duration c.20 minutes)

Mozart Requiem

Estimated end time: 21.30
 

Access: via the main door of the Guildhall.

Backstage facilities:

Chorus: dressing rooms on the upper floor at the rear of the stage.

Orchestra: large dressing room behind the stage at stage level.

Please note: the tap water backstage is not potable. Please bring your own.
 

Choir's 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 trousers, even if black; no skirt shorter than ankle-length; no sequins, beads, off-the-shoulder styles, etc.; no sparkly jewellery.

Music and covers: Each member of the chorus is 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/borrowed folders in the boxes provided, in the dressing room.

On stage: For the performance, the chorus enters the stage as directed at the afternoon rehearsal. Sit down when you reach your place. The chorus stands with the orchestra leader when the conductor enters, and sits when the leader of the orchestra sits. Do not applaud. Follow the sits and stands (and other instructions, overleaf) as directed.

Please do not bring drinks on stage with you for the performance. Be aware that you are in full view of the audience for every moment that you are on stage: look engaged when you are singing, and when you are not; remain as still as possible when not singing, as even very small movements – for example, leafing through the score, scratching your nose, patting your hair, turning the page – can be quite distracting for the audience.

In the interval: We prefer it if performers stay backstage for the interval and arrange to meet their friends afterwards.

Security: During the afternoon, the Guildhall remains open to the public. Security cannot be guaranteed. If you leave anything unattended, you do so at your own risk.

Parking: There is limited “pay and display”, short-stay parking near the Guildhall, but several long-stay car parks nearby (for example, Grosvenor Square, off Cumberland Place). Allow plenty of time to drive into town and find somewhere to park.

Charges now apply in the evenings to on-street and off-street parking.