Monthly Archives: May 2016

owning the notes

Posted on May 23, 2016 by vhk10

I am now finding out just how well I know (or don’t) the Three Choirs pieces, and so how much work I need to do on them. The pieces for the six main concerts divide neatly into three pairs in … Continue reading →

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the work I’ve avoided to date

Posted on May 11, 2016 by vhk10

All my life I’ve managed to avoid singing Carmina Burana, but it was bound to catch up with me sooner or later, and that moment has now arrived. This is one of those pieces that polarises singers and audiences. What … Continue reading →

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The adventure begins

Posted on May 9, 2016 by vhk10

At last – some eight months after I auditioned – the rehearsals for the Three Choirs Festival Chorus are starting. Easily the biggest single choral undertaking I’ve ever been involved in. I have cleared my diary, bashed as many notes … Continue reading →

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Two funerals

Posted on May 9, 2016 by vhk10

I’ve recently been to a couple of funerals – one as an invited singer, one as a family friend. The former was my first visit to Bath crematorium and its chapel overlooking farmland south of the city. The family wanted … Continue reading →

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Gibbons for the Gaudy

Posted on May 3, 2016 by vhk10

I went back for a Gaudy at my old Oxford College, Merton. It was the first Gaudy I’d been invited to for 9 years, and the first since the choral foundation was set up. A selection of choir members sang … Continue reading →

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