PERSONNEL
Soprano: Deborah Summerbell, Carol Veldhoven, Katherine Lieschke, Victoria Brown, Claerwen Jones, Sarah Harris, Alexandra Hughes
Alto: Belinda Wong, Yi Wen Chin, Niki Ebacioni, Gowri Rajendran
Tenor: Peter Campbell, Tim Van Nooten, Michael Stephens, Stuart Tennant
Bass: Nicholas Tolhurst, Michael Strasser, Andrew Fysh, Mike Ormerod
Tour Manager: Lou McGee
Director: John O’Donnell
Tour Extras: Rob Kerr, Marshall Barker, Jasper Barker, Maddie Barker, Louise Strasser, Sue Ormerod, Daniel Thomson, Phil Diao, Lothar
Tour Committee: Belinda Wong, Niki Ebacioni, Peter Campbell, Claerwen Jones, Michael Strasser, Mike Ormerod
Ensemble Gombert European Tour 19 Sep – 8 Oct 2015
SEPTEMBER
Sat 19 6:00 Arrive Frankfurt* This is the latest scheduled arrival time out of those who are travelling on the tour bus to Freiberg
Mercure Hotel Frankfurt Airport
8:15 Bus pick up #1
8:30-‐8:45 Bus pick up #2
Travel to Freiberg (4-‐4.5 hours) with stop on way Frankfurt International Airport -‐ Arrivals
14:00 Arrive Freiberg, check-‐in
Afternoon Rehearsal -‐ To be decided on day Dom St Marien Hotel am Obermarkt -‐ Freiberg
Sun 20 9:00 Rehearsal Dom St Marien
Domgasse 6, Freiberg
10:00 Gottesdienst Freiberg
12:45 Meet at bus to travel Freiberg to Leipzig (1.5 hours)
14:30 Arrive Leipzig; drive to Thomaskirche Thomaskirche
Thomaskirchhof 18, Leipzig
15:00 Organ rehearsal for John
Bus will take Lou and extras to Auenwald Pension to check-‐in
16:00 Rehearsal for choir
Extras driven to Thomaskirche for the service
18:00 Abendgottesdienst Leipzig
19:30 (TBC) Dinner in town
21:30 (TBC) Bus back to accommodation Auenwald Pension - Leipzig
Mon 21 Free day Auenwald Pension -‐ Leipzig
Tue 22 9:15 Meet at bus to travel Leipzig to Dessau (1 hour)
11:00 Optional visit to Cranach in Anhalt art exhibition Johannbau
Schlossplatz 3, Dessau-‐Rosslau
12:00 Optional group lunch Brauhaus zum Alten Dessauer Lange Gasse 16, Dessau-‐Rosslau
13:00 Meet bus at Town Theatre, drive to Bauhaus
Optional tour of Bauhaus museum and Meisterhäuser Bauhaus Dessau
Gropiusallee 38, Dessau
16:30 Rehearsal Auferstehungskirche
Fischereiweg 43 oder Ziebigker Straße 29, Dessau-‐Rosslau
18:00 Concert Auferstehungskirche Dessau
19:30 Supper with Dessau congregation
21:30 (TBC) Travel Dessau to Leipzig (1 hour) Auenwald Pension -‐ Leipzig
Wed 23 Free Day Auenwald Pension -‐ Leipzig
Thu 24 Free morning
14:00-‐16:00 Rehearsal
Bus will take everyone back to apartments for a rest Nikolaikirche
Nikolaikirchhof 3, Leipzig
18:30 Meet at bus to depart for concert
19:30 Concert Nikolaikirche Leipzig Auenwald Pension -‐ Leipzig
Fri 25 9:15 Meet at bus to travel Leipzig to Erfurt (1.5 hours)
11:30 Arrive and unload luggage Augustinerkloster
Augustinerstraße 10, Erfurt
12:00 Lunch and sightseeing
15:00 Rehearsal Augustinerkirche
Augustinerstraße 10, Erfurt
15:45 Walk to Predigerkirche
16:00 Rehearsal Predigerkirche
Predigerstraße 5, Erfurt
16:45 Walk back to Augustinerkirche
17:00 Meet billets and take luggage to their houses. Change for concert. Those not being billeted will be driven to re4 Hostel to check-‐in
Erfurter Kirchenmusiktage Festival:
19:30 Concert 1 Erfurt Augustinerkirche
20:15 Walk to Predigerkirche
20:30 Concert 2 Erfurt Predigerkirche
21:30 Go home with billets / Bus to take others to re4 Hostel Billets -‐ Erfurt / re4 Hostel -‐ Erfurt
Sat 26 10:00 Bus pick up at re4 Hostel after check-‐out
10:30 Meet at Augustinerkirche -‐ local tour of Martin Luther’s monastery
11:15 Meet at bus to travel Erfurt to Weimar (30 mins): Lunch and sightseeing
14:45 Meet at bus to travel Weimar to Jena-‐Ziegenhain (40 mins)
15:45 Rehearsal -‐ John on organ, then choir
Camsdorfer Str. 14, Jena-‐Ziegenhain
17:00 Concert Jena-‐Ziegenhain Ziegenhainer Abendmusik Concert Series: Marienkirche
18:30 Travel Jena to Dresden (2 hours) A&O Hotel -‐ Dresden
Sun 27 9:30 Rehearsal Frauenkirche Neumarkt, Dresden
11:00 Service Dresden A&O Hotel -‐ Dresden
Mon 28 10:00 Meet at bus to travel Dresden to Mariánské Lázně (3 hours)
St Wenceslas Day 13:30 TBC Meet billets
14:00 Sing at Colonnade Kolonáda
Mariánské Lázně
17:00 Rehearsal Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church
Goethovo nám. 110/31, Mariánské Lázně
18:00 Concert Mariánské Lázně Billets -‐ Mariánské Lázně
Tue 29 Free day
Walk in Kladska Nature Reserve Billets -‐ Mariánské Lázně
Lunch at the university dormitory dining hall
Meet at bus to travel Mariánské Lázně to Tepla Monastery
Wed 30 09:15 & Tour of Mariánské Lázně
Meet at bus to travel to Plzeň (1 hour) Sightseeing
16:15 Meet lead organiser Carpark near Cathedral
17:00-‐17:45 Rehearsal St Bartholomew’s Cathedral, náměstí Republiky, Plzeň
17:50-‐18:30 Meet billets Biskupství plzeňské (Bishopric offices opp the Cathedral) Františkánská 121/11, Plzeň
19:00 Concert Plzeň St Bartholomew’s Cathedral Billets -‐ Plzeň
OCTOBER Free day
Thu 1 Optional activities:
11:00-‐12:00 Underground tour Veleslavínova 6, Plzeň
12:30-‐14:00 Lunch TBC
14:30-‐16:30 Brewery Tour or Carriage Ride Pilsner Urquell Visitor Centre -‐ TBC
19:30 Joint rehearsal with host choir Biskupství plzeňské
Františkánská 121/11, Plzeň
Billets -‐ Plzeň
Fri 2 Free day
Optional day trip to Prague Billets -‐ Plzeň
Sat 3 8:45 Meet at bus to travel Pilsen to Bayreuth (2 hours) Meeting point TBC
German Unity Day 11:30 Optional tour of Festspielhaus
13:45 Meet at bus to travel Bayreuth to Coburg (1 hour) Head to Veste Coburg for sightseeing
17:00 TBC Meet billets in Coburg Billets -‐ Coburg
Sun 4 10:00 Harvest Festival service followed by brunch Salvatorkirche
Untere Salvatorgasse 3, Coburg
11:00 Sound check for afternoon concert (15 mins)
TBC Rehearsal (if required)
17:00 Concert Coburg Billets -‐ Coburg
Mon 5 9:15 Meet at bus to travel Coburg to Heidelberg (3 hours) Meeting point: Railway station
12:30 Lunch & sightseeing
13:45 Meet at bus to travel Heidelberg to Ottrott (2 hours)
16:00 Arrive Ottrott -‐ wine tasting, stroll through village, explore chateau grounds…
19:30 Dinner at accommodation (self-‐funded)
Hôtellerie Parc du Windeck -‐ Ottrott
Tue 6 TBC Travel Ottrott to Strasbourg (30 mins)
JOD birthday 13:00 Sing in Strasbourg Notre Dame Cathedral
Place de la Cathédrale, Strasbourg
17:00 TBC Meet bus to collect concert clothes and music Eglise St Thomas
11 Rue Martin Luther, Strasbourg
18:00 Concert St Thomas Strasbourg
TBC Dinner TBC -‐ Strasbourg
22:00 TBC Travel Strasbourg to Ottrott (30 mins) Hôtellerie Parc du Windeck -‐ Ottrott
Wed 7 9:45 Meet at bus to travel Ottrott to Colmar (45 mins)
10:45 Sightseeing
11:45 Meet at bus to travel Colmar to Solothurn (1.5 hours)
16:15 Meet at bus to go from Hotel Astoria to Kloster Namen Jesu
16:45 Rehearsal
Fermata Musica concert series: Kloster Namen Jesu Herrenweg 2, Solothurn
17:30 Concert Solothurn
19:00 Bus will take group to Hotel Astoria
20:00 Farewell Dinner Hotel Astoria, Solothurn
Thu 8 9:30 Check out
10:30 Load bus and farewells
11:00 Solothurn -‐ Zurich Airport (1 hour)