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The choir has been on four short overseas tours, twice to Italy & once to Germany and to the Czech Republic. These were extremely successful and most enjoyable.
Choir assembled before giving a concert in St. Mary Magdelene's, Karlovy Vary

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PragueIn May/June 2011, we went to the Czech Republic to sing in Prague and Karlovy Vary.
 

At both concerts, we sang Fauré's Requiem, Brahms' How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings and Haydn's Insanae et vanae curae.
 

Read "SEE-EE-EE  PRAHA-HA-HA" by Phil Royle.
The choir after performing in Altenberger Dom, Germany in May 2008

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posterIn May 2008, we went to Cologne and Altenberg to sing in the Basilika St Aposteln and Altenberger Dom.
 

At both concerts, we sang Haydn's Te Deum and Fauré's Requiem, which were very warmly received.
 
Read "Ode to Cologne" by Phil Royle.
After the concert, conducted by Richard Dacey in the Basilica di San Giovanni

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Poster for Italy'05 tour In 2005, we were invited to take part in the "Festival di Pasqua" in Lucca held in the Basilica di San Giovanni. This was in memoriam to Herbert Von Karajan.

On this tour, we sang Mozart's Requiem and Cherubini's Requiem.

Group picture of the 55 members of the DCU and the Leicester Phil outside the Chiesa di Giovanni

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Poster for the Lucca concert Our first ever overseas tour saw us in Italy when we were invited to take part in the 2004 "Festival di Pasqua" in Florence and Lucca. This was in memoriam to Herbert Von Karajan.

The main piece we performed during this first tour in April 2004 was Mozart's sublime Requiem, which was received to rapturous applause. We performed it twice in Florence and once in Lucca.

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