Monthly Archives: November 2009

some plans for 2010

We have now sorted out a weekend visit for the Cathedral Chamber Choir in 2010. Over the Low Sunday weekend we will be at Sherborne Abbey. Their bell-ringers seem to move in as soon as the Abbey choir takes a … Continue reading

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Bath Mozartfest 2009

Between us we attended four concerts at this year’s Bath Mozartfest. There were quite a few others we might have gone to, including Mozart’s Requiem in Bath Abbey, which some people I know were singing in and which caused me … Continue reading

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carillons

Our half-term excursion to the Netherlands didn’t include any musical performances, but I did notice one musical aspect of Dutch life; the carillon melodies played by church clocks. In town centres you never seemed to be very far from a … Continue reading

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plainchant in Winchester

The weekend after Salisbury I was in Winchester Cathedral with the Erleigh Cantors. I don’t know whether this was a deliberate choice, but several pieces we sang were used or were inspired by plainchant. These included Naylor’s Evening Canticles in … Continue reading

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