Monthly Archives: December 2003

my musical resolutions for 2004

a) to sing some more things on the wishlist b) to get to sing at last with the Bath Festival Chorus c) to sing in at least one new Cathedral. As I have bookings for Gloucester and Sheffield, this resolution … Continue reading

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homegrown CDs

Just before Christmas I received something I’d forgotten all about – a CD of some of the music I sang at Salisbury in August. It’s now much easier to produce short runs of CDs at a sensible price than it … Continue reading

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a radiophonic Christmas

Like many people, I got a digital radio for Christmas. It won’t really increase the number of classical music channels I can receive, but it will allow me to hear what there is with better quality sound anywhere in the … Continue reading

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9 lessons and the Pump Room

The Chantry Singers concert in the Pump Room happened on Saturday night. Despite fears about the ever-increasing number of Christmas concerts by other choirs (at least 3 others in the area that night), it more or less sold out. Vocally … Continue reading

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Il Trovatore at the Hippodrome

I went to hear ‘Il Trovatore’ at the Bristol Hippodrome last week, done by the Welsh National Opera. WNO doesn’t have the 4 best singers in the world that this opera is said to require, but the principals were all … Continue reading

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cutting the Messiah

On Saturday I went to hear the Bath Choral Society perform the Messiah in Bath Abbey. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard anyone else sing this work live before as I get to perform it myself every three years or … Continue reading

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Bath Abbey

The Rector of Bath Abbey, Simon Oberst, has just resigned with immediate effect. I can’t comment further on this but I am sorry to see him go and I hope it doesn’t take as long to find a new Rector … Continue reading

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