Monthly Archives: April 2004

High, medium, or low

If a volume of songs comes in a choice of high or low keys, I will go for the high ones. If the options are high, medium or low, I usually choose medium, not seeing much point in using gratuitously … Continue reading

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choosing where to go

The main season for going to sing in Cathedrals is coming up; it looks like my next outing will be Lincoln at the end of the month. I am now on the books of half-a-dozen choirs that go on Cathedral … Continue reading

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mixed up in Westminster Cathedral

On Saturday the Cathedral Chamber Choir paid its first visit to Westminster Cathedral, to sing at the Saturday evening Mass. Most Roman Catholic Cathedrals in England don’t go in for visiting choirs the way that Anglican ones do, and it … Continue reading

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Good Friday at St. Giles’

Good Friday brought a come-and-sing performance of Duruflé’s Requiem at St. Giles’s Church, Oxford. This work, with its irregular, fluid rhythms and frequent tempo changes, is anything but four-square, and so might not be an obvious candidate for a scratch … Continue reading

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Rejoice in the Lamb

I sang this on Palm Sunday as part of a meditation of words and music for Holy Week, so not exactly a formal service but not a concert either. I was satisfied with the way my solo went – one … Continue reading

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