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A Royal Wedding anthem

Posted on January 30, 2011 by vhk10

Today I joined the choir of St. Peter’s Church, Caversham, for evensong at Bristol Cathedral. Our anthem was Let the people praise thee O God by Mathias, and this set some of us wondering who might be writing music for … Continue reading →

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The Genius of Mozart

Posted on January 14, 2011 by vhk10

I rather dipped into this 12-day trawl through all of Mozart on BBC Radio 3, rather than listening to chunks. There were some real high points; I enjoyed the broadcasts of Entführung (especially as I happened to be having a … Continue reading →

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2010 in review – from WordPress

Posted on January 2, 2011 by vhk10

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing … Continue reading →

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The Armed Man for Remembrance

Posted on December 12, 2010 by vhk10

I joined the choir at my daughter’s school for a performance of selections from Karl Jenkins’ Armed Man mass. Not being a Classic FM devotee, I’d not heard the piece before and wasn’t sure how I’d get on with it. … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2010: Monteverdi’s aspect ratio

Posted on November 23, 2010 by vhk10

Others in the family made it to one of the central performances of the Mozartfest, Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players’ interpretation of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. This was quite a marathon as it was given without an … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2010: two chamber music concerts

Posted on November 21, 2010 by vhk10

There was the usual attractive programme for the 2010 Bath Mozartfest, and between us we went to three concerts. First up was the Belcea Quartet with Julian Rachlin on viola, for which we bought what must have been the last … Continue reading →

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LPs batch 25: concertos and chamber music

Posted on November 12, 2010 by vhk10

I’m moving on to some of the boxed sets I haven’t tackled earlier. Three of the discs in this batch were recordings that we very much want to have available: Beethoven middle-period string quartets played by the Alban Berg Quartet. … Continue reading →

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the Byrd 5-part Mass reappears

Posted on November 5, 2010 by vhk10

I joined Priory Voices for a weekend of services in Wells in autumn half-term. The highlight for me was a chance to sing movements from Byrd’s five-part Mass. This was especially welcome because I had had to decline an invitation … Continue reading →

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a family concert with the Classic Buskers

Posted on October 25, 2010 by vhk10

When I lived in Cambridge I sang with the ‘Cambridge Chamber Group’, conducted by Ian Moore. Ian has for some time been one half of the Classic Buskers, travelling the world with an accordion as accompanist to Michael Copley’s variety … Continue reading →

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the Wesley anniversary observed

Posted on October 14, 2010 by vhk10

I thought that I might not end up singing any S.S. Wesley in this anniversary year, but I was invited to sing ‘Lead me Lord’ in a service at Charlecombe church (along with a new setting of Ecce Sacerdos). It … Continue reading →

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where to stay at St. David’s

Posted on September 28, 2010 by vhk10

The Cathedral Chamber Choir is going (by popular demand) to St. David’s next August for a week. We are already trying to book somewhere for those choir members who don’t want to make their own arrangements to stay. The Courthouse … Continue reading →

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Chopin concertos

Posted on September 27, 2010 by vhk10

Last Thursday I went to the last of the Bath Phil’s ‘Summer Classics’ season at Bath Abbey. The programme had been changed (as with the last Bath Phil concert I went to) with Lutoslawski and Gorecki disappearing in favour of … Continue reading →

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