Author Archives: vhk10

three dead ends?

Posted on September 14, 2008 by vhk10

This September is a quiet month for singing, and in general this year so far has been quieter than I’d hoped despite the number of cathedral visits I’ve managed to fit in. I fell to reflecting on some sources of … Continue reading →

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Bairstow caused the First World War

Posted on September 12, 2008 by vhk10

This was the rather startling allegation made by a member of the congregation to one of the Cathedral Chamber Choir after we’d performed Let all mortal flesh keep silence at the Sunday morning eucharist in York Minster. It seems that … Continue reading →

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three days in Gloucester

Posted on September 5, 2008 by vhk10

The Erleigh Cantors did a long weekend this summer, including a Friday evensong. There were four services and a lot of music (we did introits) so I’ll just refer to some highlights. The only totally new piece to me was … Continue reading →

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requirements for the Langlais Messe Solennelle

Posted on August 27, 2008 by vhk10

I sang this in Gloucester Cathedral in July (writeup to follow) and was asked by the conductor of another choir to say whether I thought it would be viable for one of his cathedral weekends. Here’s the list of minimum … Continue reading →

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a fleeting trip to Worcester

Posted on August 1, 2008 by vhk10

I paid a brief visit to Worcester Cathedral on Saturday July 19th to sing Evensong. This was (nominally) a Priory Voices event, with a large admixture of Congleton Choral Society singers. Unfortunately I couldn’t do the whole weekend, so missed … Continue reading →

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a fiesta of vibrant choral music

Posted on July 24, 2008 by vhk10

That was my tagline for the Facebook entry for the Chandos Singers’ recent concert of Latin American baroque music. This covered some of the same ground as the Latin American concert I sang with the Exultate Singers a while back. … Continue reading →

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DD

Posted on July 3, 2008 by vhk10

I am performing Wood’s ‘Collegium Regale’ evening canticles shortly with the Erleigh Cantors, for the first time in a while. These pieces rather unusually have rehearsal letters in (I have a legally photocopied reprint of a 1920 ‘Year Book Press’ … Continue reading →

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another return to St Alban’s

Posted on July 1, 2008 by vhk10

When I last sang with Lyra Davidica, Princess Diana was alive and Sri Lanka were scoring 952/6 against India (I recall someone bursting into breakfast on that choir tour brandishing a newspaper: ‘Just LOOK at THIS!!’). In the meantime I … Continue reading →

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grade 1 piano

Posted on June 20, 2008 by vhk10

My daughter did Grade 1 piano about a week ago. I cast my mind back to dim memories when I was doing the same exam and tried to compare the experiences. For one thing, the Associated Board has livened up … Continue reading →

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a plea to the Barbican

Posted on June 19, 2008 by vhk10

To make it up to my daughter for having forgotten the LSO concert at the Bath Festival, my husband took her to the Barbican in London to hear the same performers and composers, but different symphonies (Schubert’s Unfinished and Bruckner’s … Continue reading →

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two other 2008 Bath Festival concerts

Posted on June 12, 2008 by vhk10

I wasn’t able to attend more than two concerts because of my own singing commitments during the Festival but others in the family got out more. My husband went to the concert of Indian classical music given by Partho Sarothy … Continue reading →

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two piano recitals

Posted on June 10, 2008 by vhk10

I have a great backlog of recent/current events to write about. I’ll continue with a further writeup of the 2008 Bath Festival. We had a ticket for Alfredo Perl, but sadly he was nursing an injury and pulled out, taking … Continue reading →

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