Monthly Archives: April 2019

two Requiems in Winsley

Posted on April 28, 2019 by vhk10

This spring is a time for rediscovering Requiems that I haven’t sung in ages. First it was Mozart, now Howells, which I have only sung once before, in my Cambridge days. (There are other Requiems that have long awaited another … Continue reading →

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one-recording ensembles

Posted on April 16, 2019 by vhk10

I’m slowly working my way through putting another collection of LPs on to CD. Most of them are by famous names, but there are a few recordings which seem to be the only ones, or almost so, made by those … Continue reading →

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in praise of … the hire score

Posted on April 2, 2019 by vhk10

I have a rule of thumb that if it costs no more than twice as much to buy a score as to hire it, I’ll buy. (This seems to happen increasingly often.) There are advantages to singing from a score … Continue reading →

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