Don’t mention the anniversaries!

Posted on January 26, 2009 by vhk10

It’s impossible to listen to Radio 3 so far this year and not notice that anniversaries of Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn are being commemorated in 2009. I normally remark on occasions when I perform anniversary composers, but I think that this year I should refrain from it because I suspect this is going to happen routinely. I sang Purcell yesterday, and more Purcell and Mendelssohn are looming up in the near future. Nevertheless I enjoy performing and listening to music by all of them, so bring them on!

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3 Responses to Don’t mention the anniversaries!

  1. choirboyfromhell says:
    January 27, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    I can never sing enough Purcell.

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  2. vhk10 says:
    January 27, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    Me too, though as far as his church music is concerned, I’ve got the wrong voice. Much as I love Rejoice in the Lord alway (which I sang on Sunday and which was performed at our wedding), there’s precious little for the sopranos to do in it, and the same goes for some of the other great anthems such as My beloved spake. But I get to sing my favourite Purcell anthem next month.

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  3. choirboyfromhell says:
    January 28, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    There’s always Dido and Aeneas-

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