Visit to Bochum
April 3rd - 7th, 2007
- Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus was delighted to return a visit from the Philharmonischer Chor of Bochum, twin town of Sheffield, in July 2006.
Schedule
- Tuesday April 3rd
- Arrive in Bochum - meet hosts
- Wednesday April 4th
- 08.30 Welcome breakfast in Vierzehn Heilige Church followed by a visit to Bochum Rathaus (Town Hall) to meet with the Bürgermeisterin Astrid Platzmann-Scholten. After this a visit to the Planetarium, before the first rehearsal 18.00-22.00.
- Thursday April 5th
- 08.30 Meet at the Bochum Symphoniker building for a coach trip to Köln. Guided tour of the city, followed by lunch in a local Brauhaus. Return around 15.30, and grab a quick bite to eat before the rehearsal 18.00-21.00.
- Friday April 6th
- 10.30 Meet at the Hauptbahnhof for a coach trip around Bochum, followed by coffee and cakes on a boat cruise around Lake Kemnade. Return around 15.00. Meet at 19.15 for a warm-up before the concert at 20.00. After the concert, travel to a tapas bar in the city centre for a farewell party.
- Saturday April 7th
- Return to Sheffield.
Concert details
Friday April 6th 2007, Audimax Hall, Universität Bochum, Germany
- Mozart: Requiem
- Mozart: Fantasie f-moll für Orgel solo
- Dupré: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra [Harry Curtis (conductor)]
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Violet Noorduyn (soprano), Anjara Ingrid Bartz (alto)
Robert Getchell (tenor), Thorsten Gümbel (bass)
Bochum Philharmonischer Chor, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Bochum Symphoniker, Wayne Marshall
Press
Official Bochum Press Office report
Photos
Currently, I have been sent about 850 photos of the visit by various people. Many thanks to them! It took me a while to experiment with various ways of displaying so many. I have selected about 250 for the pages below. (I don't recommend visiting the pages below unless you have a broadband connection...!) See
(Note that, to save a little space, the photos have been saved at a fairly small resolution, and are then displayed at even smaller size; this may lead to some photos looking a little grainy.)It is not possible (I think) to download the images to your computer directly, but please ask me if you would like copies of all the photos at full resolution on CD.
Also, please ask me if you would like to send photos for inclusion on the site, or (preferably!) bring along a CD of photos to a rehearsal.
Jeff Bower's cartoons!
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