Daily Archives: March 5, 2011

half a concert in St. Stephen’s

Posted on March 5, 2011 by vhk10

I went to hear A Handful of Singers perform some recent British choral music at St. Stephen’s Church, Lansdown. The first half of the programme included one piece I’d performed myself – Rutter’s Hymn to the Creator of Light – … Continue reading →

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Svyat! Svyat! Svyat!

Posted on March 5, 2011 by vhk10

Singing familiar texts in an unfamiliar language can make them feel altogether different. I know very little Russian, so there was a lot of grappling with the Old Church Slavonic texts of Rachmaninov’s Vespers (strictly the ‘All-Night Vigil’), which I … Continue reading →

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