Monthly Archives: October 2003

casing the joint at Winchester

On Saturday I went to Winchester (driving, as the railway service was disrupted by engineering works) to sing evensong with the Erleigh Cantors in the Cathedral. We did my favourite set of responses, the Lloyd second set. If only I … Continue reading

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Wimborne Minster choir

On Saturday I went to hear the choir of Wimborne Minster sing Evensong in Bath Abbey. I sang in Wimborne Minster myself in 2000 during the usual choir’s break after Easter. The choir had lots of boys and girls on … Continue reading

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CCC excursions for 2004

These seem to be sorting themselves out. As well as our New Year booking at Westminster Abbey and week at Winchester in the summer, we are (provisionally) going to sing a Saturday Mass at Westminster Cathedral in the spring (date … Continue reading

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Dyson’s Canterbury Pilgrims

On Saturday I sang in a performance of this given by the St. Mary’s Festival Chorus (an choir expanded around the choir of the other church in the parish). This work is sufficiently good not to disappear into obscurity but … Continue reading

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Vivaldi’s Gloria in Derby

On Saturday I sang in a ‘come and sing’ performance in Derby Cathedral of Vivaldi’s Gloria and Fauré’s Requiem, in aid of a local hospice. My reasons for performing in this event were explained in the last entry. Come and … Continue reading

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Cathedrals

I have an ambition to perform in all 42 Church of England Cathedrals in England. This formed while I was singing with various Cambridge college choirs in the late 1980’s and visiting a lot of cathedrals on days out or … Continue reading

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