Monthly Archives: June 2011

Bath MusicFest 2011

The Festival is shorter now and largely coincided with half-term, so there was less opportunity to go to concerts, but we managed two. Some in the family went to hear the Scholtes and Janssens Piano Duo perform in the Assembly … Continue reading

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Leicester falls

A week after Salisbury I was at Leicester Cathedral for a day with the Peterborough Chamber Choir. We sang the two services on Sunday, with the morning one featuring Mozart including his Missa Brevis K65, the earliest Mozart I’ve sung but … Continue reading

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the cathedral with the infinity pool

Salisbury’s new(ish) font spills water continually (when it’s switched on) from its four corners, the water level being almost level with the top of the font. It featured quite strongly in the liturgy the weekend Priory Voices were there, as … Continue reading

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a return to Swayne

The Erleigh Cantors put on a concert of music for double choir at St. Peter’s, Caversham in May, which I sang in. The most complex item on the programme was the Magnificat by Giles Swayne, which we sang at Southwark … Continue reading

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behind the Royal Crescent

The now annual ‘Party in the City’ which opens the Bath ‘MusicFest’ (as it is currently styled) booked the Chandos Singers to perform in the garden behind the Royal Crescent Hotel. We were the last performers at this venue and … Continue reading

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