'The Bronze Horseman' in Senate Square, one of the best-known symbols of St Petersburg and a memorial to Peter the Great (Tsar of Russia, 1682-1725)
Latest News
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10 July 2010
Last-minute details for Jenkins première
For important updates on tomorrow’s concert, please click here.
15 June 2010
Jenkins rehearsal extended
The afternoon rehearsal with orchestra on Sunday 11 July will now end at 5.30 pm. Full details on the information for singers page.
13 May 2010
Messages for Sir David
Anyone attending our Royal Albert Hall concert on 15 May will be able to drop their messages to Sir David into boxes sited at certain entrances to the Hall: click here for more details (second paragraph). Please do everything you can to keep these pages clean and uncrumpled!
05 May 2010
Send a message to Sir David
Our Royal Albert Hall on 15 May is a celebration of the achievements of Sir David Willcocks. You are invited to send him a personal message: click here for more details.
31 March 2010
Details posted for our trip to Russia
Click here to read all about our impending trip to St Petersburg (9–12 September) to sing Haydn and Mozart in the magnificent setting of Smolny Cathedral.
26 March 2010
Chorus notes available for Jenkins’ Gloria
Click here to download the chorus notes for Karl Jenkins’ Gloria, or go to information for singers to read even more details about the concert on 11 July.
8 March 2010
Booking opens for Messiah from Scratch®
Booking is now open for Messiah from Scratch® 2010, and for Singday® 2010 . Both events are expected to be heavily oversubscribed, so download a booking form and send it to us without delay.
1 March 2010
Messiah photos uploaded
Photographs of Messiah from Scratch® 2009 have now been uploaded to the site. Click here to view them.
19 February 2010
All Malta places taken
Regrettably there are no more place available for the Malta trip in March. Please revisit the site again in the second week of March, when we will announce details of our ’Russian Romance’ in St Petersburg (9–12 September 2010).
25 January 2010
‘Heart Hero’ award for TRBC
On behalf of The Really Big Chorus, Don and Ann Monro will receive a ‘Heart Hero’ award from the British Heart Foundation in February, in recognition of the sums raised for the heart charity at our Royal Albert Hall concerts over the past 30 years.
16 November 2009
Hallelujah auction raises record sum
Our auction for the chance to conduct an additional performance of the Hallelujah Chorus at Messiah from Scratch on 15 November was successful beyond our wildest dreams, with £10,000 being added to the British Heart Foundation’s coffers at the fall of the auctioneer’s arm.
12 November 2009
Malta chorus notes available
Brian Kay’s instructions for the version of Messiah we will sing in Malta have now been uploaded to the Current Events section of the website. You can either download these here and now as a PDF (click here), or go to the dedicated page for the Scratch Maltese Messiah from which you will also be able to access other information about this trip.