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 of those exposed ones that can be safely given to trebles because they don’t realise just how exposed it is. I hadn’t realised before now how much the choir sings in unison, or in two parts doubled at the octave. We also sang Weelkes’ ‘Hosanna to the Son of David’ from the back of the church at the start. There was also some fake Italian baroque – Albinoni’s Adagio – and some of the real stuff – Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, done as a duet by two of the other singers.
On Saturday I went to an impressive concert in a local church given by the Exultate Singers, of Passiontide music including Leighton’s ‘Crucifixus pro nobis’ which I’d never heard live before. During the interval I got to meet their conductor for the first time.