I was back in Bristol Cathedral – this time with Priory Voices – to sing a weekend of services. Most of the music, such as Brahms’ Geistliches Lied and Victoria’s mass O Quam Gloriosum was very familiar to me. Smart’s Evening Canticles in B flat seemed very familiar too, except that according to my records I’ve only ever sung them once before. Now when can I get another opportunity to sing Smart in G? As it happened I also knew the most obscure piece on the programme, Déodat de Séverac’s Tantum Ergo, from my Cambridge days.
We were energetically accompanied by the Cathedral’s assistant organist, David Bednall. I’m scheduled to be back in Bristol yet again at the end of July with the Erleigh Cantors.