Monthly Archives: December 2006

2006’s and 2007’s resolutions

In the closing minutes of 2006, it’s time to review my ambitions for the year and to look ahead to 2007. The musical highlight of this year was (as I suspected a year ago) joining the Bath Camerata on Good … Continue reading

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let’s go and sing by the bling

I took the older children to the annual Christingle service at the local church here in Buckinghamshire. We soon learnt the Christingle song, which is the only one I know with a line ending in the word ‘orange’ – fortunately … Continue reading

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with extra percussion

As with three years ago, this year’s 9 lessons and carols service featured brass, but now there was also a percussion section which I was standing in front of. To balance this, some local big guns were drafted in to … Continue reading

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Pimm’s no. 3

That’s the ‘winter’ one, based on brandy. It was served (mixed with apple juice and warm) after our Advent carol service – the first time I’d tried it. But I should be writing about music. We sang a mixture of … Continue reading

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a concert on Second Avenue

No, I wasn’t back in New York, and strictly speaking it took place just off Second Avenue in Oldfield Park. The introduction to Charpentier’s Te Deum is very well known to me from countless weddings and as the call signal … Continue reading

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