Monthly Archives: February 2009

the Howells jinx

I am beginning to feel that at the moment something happens to drastically cut rehearsal time every time I have to sing some Howells. At Birmingham Cathedral it was a loss of power, at Canterbury Cathedral with Priory Voices it … Continue reading

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Continuity

Out shopping on Saturday morning, I bumped into a member of the Paragon Singers putting up a poster among various other posters for musical events, and we had a short conversation. Thinking afterwards about forthcoming choral concerts, I realised that … Continue reading

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a memorial service at Merton

I’ve written before about the new choral foundation at Merton College Oxford, where I was an undergraduate. I was able to hear the choir last Saturday, though at a rather sad occasion: the memorial service for Tom Braun, who taught … Continue reading

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