Monthly Archives: May 2024

an electronic hymn board

Posted on May 25, 2024 by vhk10

Next stop was Prague, a city I’d never previously visited. On Sunday I went to the main Mass at Our Lady before Týn, where the choir located in the west gallery) was accompanied by an orchestra of significant size – … Continue reading →

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May is Mary’s month

Posted on May 16, 2024 by vhk10

The Erleigh Cantors usually perform a concert in May, and this year it was decided to honour the Marian connexion (our reader read the poem by Hopkins on this theme). We did so with a large number of mostly short … Continue reading →

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Psalm 121 (Mendelssohn)

Posted on May 8, 2024 by vhk10

The summer concerts of Bristol and Gloucester Choral Societies were nearly two months apart, but both include settings of this text. First up was Mendelssohn’s Elijah in Gloucester (where it was assigned to the Cathedral choir, singing ‘offstage’ in the … Continue reading →

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